Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 289 Expanding Territory, Even Chickens and Dogs Rise to Power
After the Supreme Conference concluded, many high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Court gathered at the Lingxiao Palace.

Lu Jin, Zi Nishang, Hong'er and seven others, the Four Directions and Four Seasons Heavenly Kings, eleven Palace Masters, and Xu Xin from Yanhuang Company, totaling twenty-nine people.

"Heavenly Emperor, what form will this new round of territorial expansion take?"

"The Lord of the Qiankun Palace, Lingyuan, asked."

All territories under the Heavenly Court are managed by the Qiankun Palace, and as the Palace Master of the Qiankun Palace, Lord Leng Yuan pays close attention to them.

“I was just about to say, light.”

As he spoke, Lu Jin looked at Zi Zhenfeng.

"Chen is here!"

Zi Zhenfeng stepped forward.

Lu Jin said, "The original territory of the Mechanical Race and the Demon Race alliance had more than 130 star sectors that bordered the current territory of our Human Race."

In the initial stage, these 130-plus star sectors served as the battlefields. The Temple of Gods dispatched a Celestial General, a Lord of the Universe, to each star sector battlefield as the war zone leader, to coordinate the overall situation of the battlefield in that star sector.

Subsequent warfare proceeded steadily, on a sector-by-sector basis.

After the cleanup of one star sector is completed, the next star sector battlefield will be opened, ensuring that each star sector battlefield is overseen by a Lord of the Universe.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

Zi Zhenfeng, the master of the Heavenly God Palace, responded.

Lu Jin turned to look at the Lord of Lingyuan and said, "Lingyuan, this war will not end in a short time."

After the meeting, Qiankun Palace can begin to establish a management system for these 6345 star sectors.

After each star sector battlefield was cleared and the front lines advanced, the original front-line war zone became the rear area. The Qiankun Palace then dispatched management personnel to reside there and relocated population to replenish the territory.

"Heavenly Emperor, should the population of the new territories be increased by migrating from densely populated areas within the existing territory of our people, or by migrating from the Xuanhuang Heaven?"

"The Lord of Cold Kite asked."

After nearly ten epochs of reproduction, the population of Xuanhuang Heaven had already reached a considerable size.

Although the 129600-light-year-diameter Xuanhuangtian still appears somewhat empty, it is still possible to send a portion of the population to migrate to new territories.

It is also worth mentioning that after the initial 'interstellar migration', the Yanhuang lineage became the main body of Earth's population, with only a small number of people belonging to non-Yanhuang lineages.

Over the years, the small number of people who are not of the Yanhuang lineage have long been completely assimilated by sheer numbers.

"From now on, all the population needed for the new territories under the Heavenly Court will be migrated from Xuanhuang Heaven."

Lu Jin said.

A large portion of the human population in the universe looks much like demons and monsters, which doesn't fit Lu Jin's aesthetic standards.

Although Lu Jin wouldn't physically exterminate this population, he could migrate people from Xuanhuangtian to new regions, making those who fit his aesthetic preferences the main body of humanity in the universe.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The Lord of Lingyuan bowed and responded.

Then, Lu Jin looked at the Lord of Dawn of the Heavenly Spirit Palace: "Dawn."

"Emperor of Heaven."

The Lord of Dawn stepped forward and paid his respects.

Lu Jin said, "During the entire war, in addition to the merits recorded by the virtual universe army system, the Heavenly Spirit Palace will also create an extra military merit reward for all soldiers who can obtain military merits."

This extra military merit reward is only given for killing enemies of the same or higher realm.

Furthermore, the greater the leap in level, the richer the extra rewards.

The Heavenly Court's purpose in this war is not only to expand its territory by 6345 star sectors, but also to conduct a massive military training exercise, and to discover as many hidden geniuses as possible.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The Lord of Dawn bowed and accepted the order.

The 'buried geniuses' that Lu Jin refers to are not simply geniuses who cultivate quickly, but geniuses with high comprehension.

The two most obvious types of talent are physical training talent and comprehension.

The Heavenly Court did not value the former.

Perhaps you have an extraordinary bloodline or special opportunities, and your life gene level surpasses that of ordinary life, but it is definitely not comparable to what the Heavenly Court can provide.

As long as they have enough points, Heavenly Court members can purchase ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, or even perfect gene bloodline source crystals in the Spirit Treasure Hall to obtain the theoretically strongest physical cultivation talent in the original universe.

Since it can be created so easily, the Heavenly Court naturally wouldn't pay much attention to it.

However, geniuses with strong comprehension deserve the attention of the Heavenly Court.

Just like two true gods, poor comprehension means that the level of secret techniques is destined to be very limited, while strong comprehension means that they can create high-level secret techniques.

The divine status of a true god-level law is bestowed upon those with mediocre comprehension, in contrast to those with outstanding comprehension.

With the help of more advanced secret techniques, the latter's ultimate strength could very well be ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times that of the former.

Given such a huge gap in potential, unless the person is someone he approves of through connections, Lu Jin would definitely prefer to cultivate geniuses with strong comprehension in order to maximize the utilization of resources.

"This war is not just a matter for the Heavenly God Temple, the Heavenly Spirit Temple, and the Qinghua Temple. Everyone must cooperate fully."

Lu Jin then addressed the others in the hall.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

Everyone bowed in unison in response.

The meeting then concluded, and the meeting took place inside the Hall of Ascension.

"Ni Chang, is there any progress on the mechanical-style ultimate treasure?"

Lu Jin asked Zi Nishang, who was about to begin refining the treasure.

The path of refining treasures is no easier than the path of cultivation.

Becoming a master craftsman of supreme treasure-level refinement is even more difficult than becoming a true god.

This can be seen from the fact that the so-called number one treasure refiner in the universe, the God of Craftsman, is only a treasure refiner at the level of top-tier treasures.

Moreover, in terms of life level, Lu Jin can gain an advantage through the Law Godhood.

But when it comes to refining treasures, there's really no way to cheat.

At most, the Inheritance Hall contains a complete treasure-refining tradition, and the Bodhi Tree in the Immortal Ascension Hall can enhance one's comprehension.

However, the powerful mechanical Arcana is truly strong.

Generally speaking, a supreme treasure can at most amplify the strength of a fifth-tier universe lord or true god by one level.

However, amplifying one level of strength with a mechanical treasure is just the basics; some even amplify two or three levels.

Most importantly, there is no conflict between the ultimate weapon and the non-weapon type mechanical treasure.

As long as the upper limit of effectiveness is high enough, the increase in strength from both can be cumulative.

Take Lu Jin himself as an example. After completing the minor adjustments to his secret technique, with the seventh-order secret technique 'Universe' and the God-Slaying Spear, plus the second level of Three Heads and Six Arms and nearly 30,000 times the life gene, the power of his secret technique was definitely at the top level of the tenth order.

Based on this, if there is an armor-type mechanical treasure that can amplify three levels and has a sufficient amplification limit, then that is the top-tier thirteenth-tier arcane power.

Such a huge increase in strength made Lu Jin extremely envious.

Even if the increase doesn't reach three levels, but only one level, it still has considerable significance.

After all, if he wants to improve his strength by another level, he needs to create an eighth-level secret technique.

For a cosmic master who has not yet comprehended the evolution of chaos, an eighth-order secret technique is exceptionally difficult.

Even in ten thousand or even one hundred thousand reincarnations, it's not guaranteed that a universe master who creates an eighth-order secret technique will emerge.

Zi Ni Chang shook her head and said, "The difficulty of refining mechanical treasures is much greater than that of soul-type and palace-type treasures of the same level."

Currently, the mechanical treasures of the battle armor type that I can craft can only increase the wearer's strength by one level at most, and the upper limit is only the top level of the fourth tier.

If one is already at the peak of the fourth tier, wearing it will not increase their strength; it can only be used as a top-grade, supreme treasure armor.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

The maximum effect is limited to the fourth-tier top level, and it can only improve the strength of a mechanical-style treasure by one tier.

Among the cosmic rulers under the Heavenly Court, none are weaker than top-tier fourth-order beings, so there's no need for them.

However, it is quite useful for top-tier cosmic overlord-level celestial generals.

If a perfect genetic universe overlord possesses an attack-type innate secret technique, cultivates the first level of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique, and also has a mechanical treasure that can enhance his strength by one level, his power would be equivalent to that of a third-tier universe master.

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin said, "The Mechanical Flow Treasure is very important and will be of great use in the future."

However, there's no rush for now; just stick to your original plan.

Don't be fooled by the fact that a top-tier tenth-order technique is invincible throughout the universe; in the world of advancement, the power of a top-tier tenth-order secret technique is not worth mentioning.

True gods are subject to power limitations within the cosmic ocean. Unless they surpass the Perfect Gene, their divine power is only equivalent to that of the Perfect Gene Universe Lord.

However, such suppression does not exist within the world of Jin.

If we disregard the factor of life genes, the Lord of the Universe is a hundred times weaker in terms of divine power compared to a true god without suppression.

In addition, the true gods in the Jin world generally possess supreme treasures and at least one secret technique for burning divine power.

Despite his seemingly invincible status in the cosmic sea, he would be nothing more than a weakling true god in the world of Jin.

Fortunately, following the original story's trajectory, the world of Jin will not appear for a long time.

With the continued improvement of life genes, the seventh-tier level secret techniques will be raised, and the efficacy and upper limit of the mechanical flow treasure will also be raised further. In the future, when facing true gods in the world of Jin, it will be enough to crush most of them.

"Ah."

Zi Ni Chang nodded.

Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Rumble--"

On this day, amidst a deafening roar, 10081 primordial star channels located throughout the original universe were opened.

The power emanating from each of the opening channels was greater than that of most universe lords.

After a while, once the passage stabilized, the cosmic venerables and above from billions of races in the universe, including humans, who were prepared, either acted alone or in groups, and flew into the passage to enter the original star.

The opening of the primordial star is destined to be a bloody slaughter that will last for thousands of eras.

This is not just a conflict between the Universal Alliance and the human race's powerful figures, but a massive free-for-all among billions of powerful races in the universe.

Although the Universal Alliance is a powerful force, most of the most powerful races in the universe are members of the alliance.

But how many races were there in the primordial universe?
The sheer number of races, large and small, within the Universal Alliance represents only a small fraction of the billions of races in the universe.

Even if only a small fraction of the billions of races in the universe come to adventure when the Primordial Stars open this time, the number of Universe Venerables in the subsequent 10081 Primordial Stars will surely be in the millions.

At the same time that the original star was launched, on the other side, the Heavenly Court also started its war machine once again.

Originally the border of the Demon Clan's territory, the Flame Howl Star Region, now the territory of the Flame Howl Bull Clan, a common race of the Universal Alliance.

"boom!"

In the boundless starry sky, the light of the divine kingdom's teleportation shone brightly. Amidst the terrifying pressure of the supreme treasure, a magnificent palace of unparalleled grandeur, spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers, descended. "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

The next moment, the doors of the palace's main hall swung open, and a dense swarm of F-class and G-class spaceships poured out.

Then it accelerated to the speed of light in the starry sky, entered the dark universe and traveled as a stream of light to various star regions of the Flame Howl Star Region.

Meanwhile, inside the supreme treasure of the pinnacle palace, a woman clad in starlight armor and exuding an extraordinary aura began to construct a permanent divine kingdom passage.

The connection between the Heavenly Court and its various star sectors in the real world cannot rely solely on the Heavenly Gate.

To date, the Heavenly Court's territory includes the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, as well as 4936 star sectors seized from the Crystal Clan and the Prison Clan Alliance.

In each star sector, the Qiankun Palace has assigned a star sector guardian at the level of a cosmic overlord to oversee it.

Besides the virtual universe, the connection between the Heavenly Court and its various star sectors and territories relies on the permanent divine kingdom channels established by the star sector guardians.

Each star sector guardian has set up a permanent divine kingdom passage in a special area of ​​the Nine Heavens, and then set up a permanent divine kingdom passage within the star sector they are guarding.

In this way, the connection between each star sector and the Heavenly Court can be achieved through the divine kingdom of the star sector guardians.

Once the war in the Flame Howl Star Sector ends, the Celestial Generals of the Universe Lord level will retrieve the supreme treasures of their Peak Palaces and head to the next war zone. The Qiankun Palace will then establish a Star Sector Management Office centered on this divine kingdom passage.

Furthermore, the massive resources needed for the subsequent development of the Flame Howl Star Region will be continuously delivered through this permanent divine kingdom channel.

"Moo~, who is this powerful figure?"

Suddenly, a cow's moo and a questioning voice entered the Treasure Palace.

In the distance, a powerful member of the Flame Howling Bull Clan, over a thousand meters long, with four crimson horns on its head, two bull tails behind it, and covered in dark red scales, teleported in from the starry sky.

When the Supreme Treasure Palace descended, it chose to arrive at the center of the star sector, and its supreme power was not restrained at all.

Instead of venturing to the original planet, the leader of the Flame Howling Bull Clan, 'Venerable Yanben', who possesses the strength of a cosmic overlord, noticed the commotion and immediately rushed over to investigate.

"Ha~"

A soft laugh rang out, followed by a terrifying aura of divine power that instantly sealed off the surrounding space and time, centered on the descending supreme treasure palace.

"Respected Lord of the Universe, are you from the human race?"

According to the agreement between the human race and our Universal Alliance, a Lord of the Universe is not allowed to attack anyone below the level of Lord of the Universe.

Venerable Yanben felt a chill in his heart, but pretended to be calm and said...

The cosmic lord-level general in charge of the war zone ignored it.

The next moment, a colossal hand, seemingly composed of countless starlight, slammed out from within the treasure palace.

"No!"

At the terrified cry of Venerable Yanben, the colossal hand that blotted out the sky slammed down.

"boom--"

In an instant, a violent roar resounded throughout the universe, and the enormous divine body of the Flame Howling Bull Clan leader turned to ashes.

Even all the treasures and precious artifacts on his body were shattered into pieces by the Heaven-Covering Hand.

'I'm not subject to the restrictions of this agreement.'

Inside the Treasure Palace, the Star Moon Lord, who was in charge of the Flame Howl War Zone and had long silver hair cascading down her shoulders and wore a moon-white dress, spoke to herself.

With a perfect genetic body, the strongest secret technique, the second level of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique, and a fully equipped peak treasure, her strength has reached the sixth-order Universe Lord level.

The sixth-order universe master can disregard the combat restriction agreement.

When His Majesty the Great Heavenly Emperor of the past established this agreement, he had already considered restricting his opponents and facilitating his own interests.

Otherwise, if she didn't have the strength of a sixth-order universe master, she really couldn't make a move.

It's not that I'm afraid of being hunted down by the Universal Alliance, but mainly that I can't embarrass His Majesty the Great Heavenly Emperor.

As a Heavenly General of the Heavenly God Temple, she naturally knew that the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor of the Universal Alliance was also her own great Heavenly Emperor.

"Star Spirit, if any Cosmic Venerables below the Overlord level appear in the Flame Howl War Zone, you will be responsible for holding them off."

The Lord of Stars and Moon spoke to the Star Sector Guardian, 'Star Spirit Venerable,' who was setting up a permanent divine kingdom passage inside the Supreme Palace.

The reason she wasn't asked to make a move earlier was mainly because the Lord of Stars and Moon discovered that the newcomer's life genes were more than eighty times stronger, making him undoubtedly a cosmic overlord.

While the Celestial Spirit is said to be a cosmic overlord, he is a newly promoted, rapidly ascended overlord who hasn't even created a peak secret technique yet, so he shouldn't embarrass himself.

Of course, with a hundred times the life gene, a hundred times the divine body amplitude, and a fully equipped high-level treasure, the Star Spirit Venerable is enough to crush high-level and lower-level universe venerables.

"Yes, sister!"

The Celestial Spirit responded.

"During the mission, call me Lord of Stars and Moon."

The Lord of Stars and Moon glared at her.

"Yes, Great Lord of the Stars and Moon."

"The Celestial Spirit said with a serious expression."

"There's no need to use the word 'great.' In the Heavenly Court, only His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor is truly great."

"The Lord of Stars and Moon corrected me."

"alright, I got it."

Celestial Spirit nodded.

She had great respect for her older sister.

For no other reason than that, half an era ago, she was a lazy, good-for-nothing world lord in the Xuanhuang Heaven.

The fact that he was able to rise to the top and become the supreme ruler of the universe is entirely thanks to his older sister, the Lord of Stars and Moon.

The Xuanhuang Heaven is rich in cosmic energy, making it an excellent environment for cultivation.

With the Heavenly Court possessing abundant resources, the time before Earthlings move to the Xuanhuang Heaven is still short.

All beings whose life level has reached the cosmic level have not yet reached the end of their lifespan.

The current rulers of the universe under the Heavenly Court, unless they were originally orphans, all still have relatives.

For a Celestial General at the level of a Universe Lord, purchasing a High-Rank Law Godhead and a High-Rank Law Bead at the Three Profound Level in the Spirit Treasure Hall is not a difficult task.

In particular, the Lord of Stars and Moon is not only a Heavenly General of the Universe under the Heavenly God Temple, but also an ordinary treasure-level refiner nominally registered in the Tushita Palace.

Lu Jin attained enlightenment, which benefited all his subordinates.

People like Jia Yi and Zhu Xi have now become cosmic overlords, serving as guardians of star sectors with their own territories.

Grandpa Li Dawei and others even became the masters of the universe who controlled time and space.

When subordinates attain enlightenment, their relatives and friends will naturally benefit as well.

When one person attains enlightenment, the whole family will prosper. It is just like this.

Not only in the Flame Howl Star Region, which was originally the territory of the Demon Race, but also in more than 130 star regions that were originally the territory of the Mechanical Race and the Demon Race Alliance and the Human Race, a supreme treasure palace has descended upon them.

Furthermore, the palace treasures of each cosmic lord-level celestial general who serves as the head of a war zone contain a large number of immortal gods with strength at least at the king level.

The spaceships of the immortal kings also carried a large number of realm lords.

The cosmic ruler-level celestial generals are stationed in the center of the star sector to guard against the cosmic rulers of the Universal Alliance, as well as the cosmic overlords or top cosmic overlords that the hastily formed star sector guardians cannot defeat.

After establishing a permanent divine realm portal, the Sector Guardians are responsible for clearing out any Cosmic Venerables appearing within the sector.

The Immortal King is stationed in a star region within the star sector, responsible for clearing out Immortals of the rank of Marquis or above within that star region.

Enemies whose strength is at or below that of an Immortal Army Lord can be dealt with by Realm Lords and warriors of even lower strength.

It can be said that unless the Universal Alliance organizes a large force to resist the Heavenly Court's attack, the battles in the various star sectors are basically fights between immortals and those below that level.

After all, the strong are only a minority. For example, the Flame Howling Bull Clan, as an ordinary race, only has one cosmic overlord and seven cosmic venerables.

Within the combined 6345 star sectors of the original Demon Race and Mechanical Race alliance, there were only a few dozen powerful races, more than 500 ordinary races, and the rest were just weak races.

Global Alliance Headquarters.

"Reporting to the Alliance Leader, your subordinate Xinghe requests an audience."

Outside a temple, the Lord of the Star River bowed respectfully.

"Enter!"

"This is what the Blood God Child incarnate said inside the hall."

"Alliance Leader, the Human Heavenly Court has launched a war against the Alliance, and more than 130 star sectors bordering the Humans are in dire need of attention."

Upon entering the hall, the Lord of the Star River reported.

After a pause, the Lord of the Galaxy continued, "In addition, the Heavenly Court has had no shortage of Universe Lords who have taken action to kill Universe Venerables within the Alliance."

Lu Jin asked, "What exactly is the strength of the Universe Lord who made the move?"

"I don't know."

The Lord of the Star River shook his head.

At most, only cosmic overlords would die. Even if they possessed high-level treasure armor, any cosmic lord could kill them in one move. It was impossible to judge the opponent's specific strength from the power of the secret technique.

Lu Jin said, "Either ignore it, or send a Universe Lord to investigate whether the one who made the move is a sixth-order Universe Lord."

If one is the master of a sixth-order universe, then it does not constitute a violation of the agreement.

Of course, if the cosmic rulers sent out are not powerful enough, then they should be prepared to perish.

As for the war, the alliance has numerous clans and tribes of all sizes, as well as countless immortal gods and realm lords. They can simply organize an army of immortals and realm lords to stop it.

"Alliance Leader, what if we can't hold them off?"

Upon hearing this, the Lord of the Star River asked cautiously.

"In the universe, the strong prey on the weak. If you can't stop it, you'll either be wiped out or have to give up your territory. Do I need to teach you that?"

Lu Jin said in an icy tone.

"Yes, Alliance Leader."

The Lord of the Galaxy hurriedly bowed in response.

Well, Lord Alliance Leader, you're not even going to keep up the act anymore.

"Go, do a good job. Now that you've become a top-tier fifth-order universe master, you might have a chance to become a true god in the future."

Lu Jin waved his hand and said.

He doesn't even need to give them any extra help. Once the world of Jin arrives, the top fifth-tier universe masters in the original universe, if they haven't perished, will basically all become true gods in the future.

"Thank you, leader!"

The Lord of the Star River was thrilled and said with excitement.

If the Alliance Leader says so, it's clear that my Galaxy is not just some random roadside place.

Moreover, given the Alliance Leader's discerning eye, if he has determined that I, Xinghe, can become a true god, then I will definitely become a true god in the future!

Lord of the Galaxy: Loyalty!
(End of this chapter)