Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 290 First Level of Divine Power
In the primordial universe, war broke out between the human race and the Universal Alliance.

In the more than 130 star sectors bordering the human territory and the Universal Alliance, the Universal Alliance suffered repeated defeats as its reinforcements had not yet arrived.

There were even instances where cosmic venerables decisively ordered their immortals and realm lords to use world rings to take in a portion of their clan members, sacrificing one pawn to save the king, and then ceding their territory to the Heavenly Court to escape.

Where there is life, there is hope.

As long as I can save my life, I'll definitely get territory and such.

If we can't stop the Heavenly Court of the human race from launching an attack, do you think I can't handle a pushover?
By venturing to remote corners of the universe far from human territory and targeting weak or even insignificant races without support, there is still a chance for a comeback.

Unable to organize an effective resistance, the more than 130 star sectors bordering the human territory of the Universal Alliance fell within just six months.

Furthermore, the Heavenly Court has completed a star-domain-level cleanup and has begun cleaning up countless inhabited planets within various star systems.

Half a year has passed, and while reinforcements from the Universal Alliance have arrived, they have not yet entered the battlefields of these 130-plus star sectors.

However, in the vast void outside the many star sector battlefields, a large number of large-scale war bases were built, and a massive number of immortal gods and realm lords were dispatched, preparing to use an absolute numerical advantage to curb the expansion of the Heavenly Court.

Therefore, the supreme palaces of the Heavenly Court's cosmic rulers directly descended to occupy the void region outside the star sector, opening up a new battlefield.

Of the more than 130 star sector battlefields that have not yet been cleared, only a very small number of warriors below the level of realm lords remain to clean up the various star systems.

The vast majority of Realm Lords and Immortals went to the newly opened Void Zone battlefield to kill members of the Universal Alliance and gain military merits.

Meanwhile, within the virtual universe, the Heavenly Court issued an announcement.

In this campaign, the commanders of the various star sectors of the Heavenly Court are all sixth-order universe lords.

Any cosmic ruler who appears on the battlefield will be killed by the Universal Alliance.

Any Cosmic Venerable of the Universal Alliance who attacks a warrior whose life level is below that of a Cosmic Venerable on the battlefield will be enslaved by a top-tier Cosmic Overlord skilled in soul manipulation from the Heavenly Court.

Any immortal being of the rank of Marquis or above in the Universal Alliance who attacks a warrior whose life level is below immortality on the battlefield will be enslaved by a more powerful immortal deity dispatched by the Heavenly Court.

Upon the announcement, the hundreds of Universe Lords who had arrived from the Universal Alliance all withdrew from the Void Battlefield and returned to their rear star sectors.

The opponents are all sixth-order universe masters, it's terrifying.

Once they make their move, if they don't have the strength of a fifth-order universe master, they might not even be able to run away.

No one would doubt that the Heavenly Court was making things up; otherwise, if the lies were exposed, the Heavenly Court would lose face.

Moreover, the Celestial Court's Universe Lords are all very powerful. When they swept through the Crystal and Prison Alliance, they dispatched a large number of fifth-order Universe Lords.

Although a large number of sixth-order universe masters were more unbelievable to them than a large number of fifth-order universe masters.

But the Heavenly Court, it's normal for it to exceed common sense.

The members of the Universal Alliance below the level of the Lord of the Universe were all stunned.

Since the Heavenly Court has made such a strong statement, it will definitely deliver on it, after all, the Heavenly Court has the power to do so.

Within the human realm, realm lords and immortal gods continuously join the battlefield through permanent divine kingdom channels established in various star sectors.

Especially the Realm Lords; it's no exaggeration to say that more than half of the human race's Realm Lords gathered on over 130 void battlefields.

There was no other reason; in response to the inter-clan war, the price for comprehending the lower-level primordial law enlightenment diagrams in the Heavenly Court's Immortal Ascension Hall was reduced to one-tenth of its original price.

Heavenly Court members only need 100 points per day to comprehend the lower-level laws of enlightenment.

For non-Heavenly Court human members, the cost for enlightenment is 1000 Hunyuan units per day.

For an ordinary realm master, it is difficult to gather 1000 Chaos Units, but it is not impossible.

Especially for the lords of the divine kingdoms, the lower-level primordial law enlightenment diagrams within the Heavenly Court's Immortal Ascension Hall are practically their only chance to become immortal gods.

Rather than waiting for the 1000th era to end and perish, it's better to go to the Void Battlefield and take a gamble.

In the void battlefields of the primordial universe, human warriors bravely fought against members of the Universal Alliance for military merit.

The genius realm lords are undergoing trials, while the realm lords with mediocre talents and the realm lords of divine kingdoms are going crazy for that one and only chance to achieve immortality.

The immortals are also going crazy. Powerful treasures, resources to enhance their strength, and opportunities to further their understanding of the laws—as long as you have money, the Heavenly Court's Spirit Treasure Hall can provide it all.

However, compared to the proportion of immortals and realm lords in the past extraterrestrial battlefields, the number of immortals in various void battlefields is extremely small.

Although few in number, their quality is extremely high, with the vast majority being those who achieve immortality.

Where did the Immortal Army Lord and the Immortal Marquis go?

Most of the immortals below the rank of King in the human race work and earn money in the ordinary and advanced divine source towers that stand in the Nine Heavens.

Going to the battlefield to fight is for training and to earn money.

If you're not strong enough, honestly working at the Divine Source Tower is just as efficient at making money as fighting.

After all, even if you win by fighting and killing, you will inevitably suffer damage to your divine body.

After deducting the costs you incur, the rewards might not necessarily be less than what you would earn working inside the Divine Source Tower, not to mention that working inside the Divine Source Tower is safer.

Within the Primordial Star, the Cosmic Venerables of the various human powers, driven by the lure of treasure, fought fiercely against Cosmic Venerables from the Universal Alliance and countless other races across the universe.

For the human universe lords, the Primordial Star, though dangerous, was more attractive than the various void battlefields.

Here, you might stumble upon a treasure just by walking around, and if you're strong enough, you might even have a chance to seize a rare treasure that has just been released into the world.

As for the danger?

Wherever you can make money efficiently, isn't there danger?

Moreover, the Heavenly Court's unique resurrection fee mechanism in the Hall of Immortal Transformation is very friendly to human cosmic venerables whose divine bodies are generally not large.

For example, a six-meter-tall cosmic overlord with a hundred times the life force of a god would have a resurrection cost of less than 1 Treasure Point.

While 1 Treasure Point cannot be ignored by a cosmic overlord, it can be considered an easy burden.

If you don't perish during the treasure hunt, it will be even easier; just bring more Divine Essence Liquid before setting off.

Even if a six-meter-tall, genetically enhanced cosmic overlord with a hundredfold increase in genetic power were to recover all his divine power, the cost would still be less than that of the most worthless treasure.

After all, the resurrection fee charged by the Immortal Transformation Hall is equivalent to ten thousand times the amount of Divine Source Liquid consumed.

Therefore, apart from a few cosmic venerables whose divine bodies are relatively large and who are not lacking in divine power, there are exceptions.

All the human beings with small divine bodies who were cosmic venerables purchased a large amount of divine source liquid from the Heavenly Court's Spirit Treasure Hall before setting off.

The cost of one resurrection is equivalent to the cost of ten thousand full restorations of a divine body; the cosmic venerables can certainly calculate this.

Furthermore, the Divine Source Liquid is unlike ordinary treasures for restoring the divine body; it is extremely easy to absorb and can completely restore divine power during intense battles.

As time passed, within the primordial universe, thanks to the trials of the void battlefield, the human race continuously produced genius Realm Lords who had broken through the Primordial Tongtian Mountain at the Realm Lord level.

However, these incredibly talented realm masters are known to very few people, not only within the Universal Alliance but also within the human race itself.

The 'Heart of Annihilation,' a soul-protecting treasure capable of protecting the soul, detecting self-destruction, disguising one's aura, and even simulating the burning of divine power, has become the preferred treasure bestowed by the human race's high-ranking officials upon their genius realm lords.

Equipped with the Heart of Annihilation, as long as you create a separate alias within the virtual universe army system, unless geniuses actively leak it, outsiders will have no idea that you are the Realm Lord.

After all, genius realm lords are limited by their low basic strength and inability to burn divine power, so even if they are strong in other aspects, their upper limit of strength is relatively limited.

There are a great many immortal powerhouses active on various void battlefields, and these genius world lords disguised as experts are not worth mentioning at all.

Being inconspicuous, it naturally wouldn't be deliberately targeted by the powerful kings of the Universal Alliance.

And as long as they are not killed, who would have thought that although the other party has the strength of a marquis or even a king, he is not an immortal god, but a junior at the level of a world lord?

It can be said that the only flaw in the Heart of Disillusionment is encountering the Lord of the Universe who controls time and space.

However, the Universe Lord of the Universal Alliance dared not ignore the Heavenly Court's warning and appear on the battlefield.

Besides the genius realm lords, new invincible human kings have emerged one after another in various void battlefields.

The Heavenly Court, in particular, not only produced the vast majority of its invincible kings, but also slaughtered the invincible kings of the Universal Alliance with the ease of cutting melons and vegetables.

The bottom line for being invincible in every aspect is very clear: no less than ten times the life genes, no less than ten times the amplitude secret technique, the peak secret technique of immortality, and a treasure that fits oneself perfectly.

The Heavenly Court's invincible kingship system rewards those who create a pinnacle secret technique with a hundredfold increase in genes and amplitude.

As for the most valuable treasures, they can be purchased with loans, and you can even buy a complete set of treasures, including those of the domain and palace categories, with a loan.

With the help of a hundredfold life gene and the amplification secret technique, plus the restriction of domain-type treasures, the Heavenly Court's invincible kings can kill ordinary invincible kings as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.
Within the original planet, there were also powerful cosmic venerables who gained great fame.

Year 38 of the Primal Star, inside Primal Star No. 4729.

In a struggle for a newly emerged high-level soul treasure, the top human universe overlord, "Illusion Realm Venerable," joined forces with "Thunder Blade Venerable," another top universe overlord, and, using top-level domain treasures and peak treasure weapons borrowed from the Spirit Treasure Hall, defeated "Black Rock Lord," a second-tier universe lord of the Universal Alliance.

The Illusion Realm Venerable and the Thunder Blade Venerable are naturally Hong and the Thunder God.

As for the rental service, it was launched by Lingbaodian before the opening of the Primordial Star.

Among the seven major powers of the mortal race, if a powerful individual is willing to act as guarantor, they can go to the Spirit Treasure Hall to rent treasures of different levels, depending on their own strength.

When returning the treasure, if it is completely undamaged, you only need to pay the rental fee.

If the renter perishes and the treasure is lost, they must enter the Divine Source Tower to work and pay off their debt after being resurrected, until the debt is paid off.

If the lessee is unfortunately enslaved, all losses of Lingbao Palace shall be reimbursed by the guarantor.

It's no exaggeration to say that most of the human race's cosmic venerables who ventured to the Primordial Star had rented treasures from the Spirit Treasure Hall.

Year 106 of the Primal Star, inside Primal Star No. 9.

The human race's top cosmic overlord, 'Knife River Venerable', activated his strongest innate secret technique, 'I Am the Universe', and annihilated more than 5,000 cosmic venerables of the Universal Alliance in one battle.

He then single-handedly killed the second-tier universe master 'Lord of the Azure Fu', and escaped unscathed from the encirclement of four third-tier and two fourth-tier universe masters who arrived later.

With his perfect genetic physique, supreme divine body, and the strongest innate secret technique, Luo Feng possessed the first level of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique. His strength should have been comparable to that of an ordinary second-tier universe master.

When rulers of the same level of universes fight, it is virtually impossible for them to be separated by life and death.

However, the Lord of Qingfu was inferior in many aspects. Not only was his divine body only a little over 300 kilometers long, but the domain-type treasure he used was also only at the level of a high-grade treasure. It was completely suppressed by the top-grade domain treasure that Luo Feng had rented from the Lingbao Hall.

In addition, the 'Star Tower,' which served as the ultimate treasure of psychic power, severely restricted the Qingfu Lord's movements within the domain, and Luo Feng managed to take his life.

Logically speaking, Hong and Lei Shen, who were able to work together to kill the Lord of Black Rock, and Luo Feng, who single-handedly killed the Lord of Qingfu, proved that they possessed the strength of a Lord of the Universe and were qualified to be a member of the Supreme Council.

Unfortunately, times have changed. Those who hold positions in the Supreme Council are all universe lords with perfect genes and at least fourth-tier top-tier strength.
The Supreme Council already has a considerable number of members, and all of them are at or above the top level of the fourth rank. Luo Feng and his two companions are clearly still far from being qualified, so they cannot be exceptionally admitted as members of the Supreme Council.

The primordial star has been open for three hundred years.

Inside the Hall of Ascension in the Great Luo Heaven.

'30000 times the gene count, successful!'

Ignoring the intense hunger emanating from every cell of the divine body, a blood god's incarnation revealed a look of great joy on his face.

The next moment, apart from the nearly one thousand Blood God Child incarnations whose divine bodies were extremely 'empty', who continued to comprehend the "Miro Supreme Diagram".

Lu Jin himself, his two avatars, and all the remaining Blood God Child incarnations all teleported to the Netherworld God Kingdom.

These blood god incarnations who comprehend the "Miro Supreme Diagram" do not need to fill the gaps in their divine power.

After all, when attempting genetic modification, the Blood God Child's incarnation collapses and dissipates very frequently. Even if divine power is almost inexhaustible, there is no need to waste it like this.

Above the vast sea of ​​blood in the Netherworld God Kingdom, more than 29,000 divine figures, each spanning over 9 million kilometers, stood in the air.

'The increase in divine body size through the Divine Power path shouldn't conflict with the increase in divine body size through the Law of Heaven and Earth path, right?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

If there is no conflict between the two, then achieving a life gene thickness of 30,000 times would allow his divine body to reach a height or length of one million kilometers.

If we also consider the second level of the Dharma of Heaven and Earth that the Lord of the Universe can at most cultivate, that would be a super-large divine body spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers!
Supernatural Power: By manipulating the workings of creation and undergoing a genetic modification, the life genes of the main body, the Water Qilin clone, the Time Dragon clone, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, and the 29,000 Blood God Child incarnations all reached 30,000 times the level of the first level of the divine power route.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

The sea of ​​blood surged, and endless divine power gathered to fill the divine power gaps that appeared in many divine bodies due to the doubling of their life genes.

After this gap in divine power was filled, Lu Jin realized that the absorption of divine power by his various divine bodies had not reached its limit.

‘It’s done! ’

Lu Jin was overjoyed. All his divine bodies frantically absorbed the divine power provided by the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, and his already enormous divine body, which spanned more than nine million kilometers, continued to grow rapidly.

20 million kilometers. 40 million kilometers. 60 million kilometers. 80 million kilometers.
After a while, when the Netherworld Blood Sea clone shrank by one circle, all 29,000+ divine bodies expanded to over 100 million kilometers.

Of course, the main body and the many Blood God Child incarnations are hundreds of millions of kilometers tall, while the Water Kirin clone and the Time Dragon clone are hundreds of millions of kilometers long.

"Wow!"

The pseudo-divine bodies began to operate, and all divine bodies were transformed back into normal human sizes.

Subsequently, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone silently recovered its divine power, and the two clones and numerous incarnations returned to the Immortal Ascension Palace to continue creating magic.

Lu Jin himself instructed Fatty, "Fatty, notify the Hall of Life to send 1,100 immortal demonic beasts over. Also, have the high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Court, as well as E Yu and the other three, go to the Lingxiao Palace."

"Yes, Master."

Fatty responded.

Before long, the Lord of the Temple of Life, the Lord of Azure Sky, arrived by air.

Running errands for His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor is an unparalleled honor, and not just any member of the Hall of Life is qualified for it.

As the Lord of the Palace, the Azure Lord naturally took on this errand-running task.

"Greetings, Heavenly Emperor, the immortal demon beast you requested."

The Azure Lord bowed respectfully and presented a world ring.

"Okay, you go to Lingxiao Palace first."

Lu Jin accepted the World Ring and waved his hand.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The Lord of Azure bowed and took his leave.

'Shuh! '

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin conjured up 1,100 immortal demonic beasts from within the World Ring.

The next moment, the power of spacetime spread, and whether they wanted to or not, all the immortal demon beasts were imprisoned in place.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jin used his supernatural powers to modify the divine genes of these immortal demonic beasts.

After a while, within the primordial universe, the second to the 1001st life forms appeared, having entered the first level of the divine power path.

To be fair, these ordinary demon beasts, whose strength was no more than that of an immortal military lord, enjoyed the peak of demon life that even true gods and demon ancestors could not enjoy.

However, their peak of demonic life is extremely short.

Lu Jin's divine power surged forth in a ethereal form, unleashing a terrifying soul impact that transformed the group of immortal demon beasts who had just reached the peak of their demonic life into immortal divine corpses.

The corpse was stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot, and in a short while, 1,100 gene bloodline source crystals with a 30,000-fold increase in value were freshly produced.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, a group of high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Court gathered, and the four true god servants, including the Demon Beast Ancestor, were also present.

"Shh!"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin conjured up numerous freshly produced 30,000-fold gene bloodline source crystals, which landed in front of everyone.

Zi Ni Chang, ten Palace Masters, eight Heavenly Kings, Xu Xin, and four True God Servants, each with a Bloodline Source Crystal.

Each of the seven, including Hong'er, had two, since they all had a clone in the Nether Sea in addition to their main bodies.

Zi Zhenfeng, as the master of the Heavenly God Temple, received the most, while Lu Jin gave him 982.

"After refining, it can become a life gene with 30,000 times the size. At that time, as long as enough divine power is absorbed, the size of the divine body can be increased from more than 90,000 kilometers to one million kilometers on the basis of the perfect gene, and it will not conflict with the effect of the Heaven and Earth Divine Power."

As for the lack of divine power, those who haven't reached the True God level can go to the Spirit Treasure Hall to obtain the Origin Treasure to accelerate their recovery.

Lu Jin addressed the crowd.

Apart from Xu Xin, all the Universe Lords present had mastered the second level of the Law of Heaven and Earth.

The divine body expanded from over nine million kilometers to over one hundred million kilometers.

Such a massive gap in divine power cannot be filled simply with divine source liquid; it's unrealistic to expect the Heavenly Court to be that wealthy, even though it's not that rich.

The twelve true gods, each possessing a miniature universe, can be directly replenished through their miniature universes.

Hong'er and her seven companions each possess a clone from the Nether Sea, which allows them to quickly replenish their strength.

Meanwhile, Zi Ni Chang and the others absorbed the divine power from the origin of the universe through the Origin Treasure to replenish themselves.

Anyway, if the soul is intact, the divine power recovers very quickly, not to mention that there are primordial treasures that accelerate the recovery.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone expressed their gratitude with excited expressions.

It should be noted that apart from the Eight Heavenly Kings who possess 19999 times the life gene, the others only have 10081 times the perfect gene, which nearly triples their original strength.

In terms of total divine power, it can be increased to a thousand times the original amount.

Lu Jin looked at Zi Zhenfeng and said, "Guangming, send one to every Heavenly General in the Heavenly God Palace. Heavenly Generals who are on the battlefield, you go there yourself."

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

Zi Zhenfeng responded.

"Heavenly Emperor, how much of a loan would be equivalent to 30,000 times the amount of Bloodline Source Crystals?"

The Lord of the Heavenly Spirit Palace, the Lord of Dawn, inquired.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. Although the treasures and resources bestowed by Lu Jin were given directly, they would all be converted into loans for the Heavenly Spirit Palace.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said, "100 million Treasure Points, please."

A single supreme treasure can be worth around 200,000 treasure points, and there are only a few supreme treasures in total.

A mere few supreme treasures can yield 30,000 times the gene value, which means that supreme treasures in the universe are extremely rare. If this were placed in the Jin world, it would be an absolute steal.

Of course, this means Xu Xin gets a share; otherwise, distributing the bloodline crystal with 30,000 times the genetic value for free wouldn't be out of the question.

Luo Lao Er is destined for great things; he doesn't need to provide Xu Xin with resources for free.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The Lord of Dawn responded.

'One million two hundred thousand treasures have been spent'

Xu Xin muttered to herself.

Back then, he had a Universe Lord-level Law Godhead with 100,000 Treasure Points and a Perfect Gene Bloodline Source Crystal with 100,000 Treasure Points. Now, he has a Gene Bloodline Source Crystal with 30,000 times the value of 1 million Treasure Points, and he has a total debt of 1.2 million Treasure Points.

She really couldn't afford to pay back 1.2 million Treasure Points.

Fortunately, Xu Xin remained calm, as the loan to Tianling Palace had no time limit.

A huge loan with no repayment deadline—just let it carry the burden! After all, life is endless, and one day I'll be able to pay it off.

After the meeting, everyone went back to refine the bloodline source crystal.

Hong'er and her seven companions completed their divine body expansion the fastest, finishing it on the same day, with their original divine bodies reaching a height of over 100 million kilometers.

The Dark Ocean clone, with a diameter of 12 light-years, remains unchanged, but its genes have increased by 30,000.

The size of Xiaoyouhai's clone remained unchanged, still tens of thousands of kilometers plus the second level of the Heavenly Phenomenon Earthly Phenomenon, a million kilometers, but its life genes increased three thousand times.

Zi Nishang, Zi Yumo, Xu Xin, and others followed.

First, the fundamental treasures accelerate the recovery.

Secondly, within the Great Luo Heaven, there is a region where time is accelerated ten thousand times.

With these two factors combined, and the soul remaining undamaged, the efficiency of absorbing divine power was naturally extremely high.

(End of this chapter)