Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 294 The Rhinoceros Emperor's Scheme, The Demise of the Heavenly Bell Clan
'The Skeleton Clan of the first reincarnation era were judged to be non-human, and the Donghe lineage was completely severed from the Skeleton Clan.'

The departing Lord of the Sea and the entire Skeleton Clan will certainly not be resentful.

Stirring up the waters, creating chaos, and then taking advantage of the confusion is undoubtedly in the best interest of the Skeleton Clan.

In other words, the news that the Tomb Ship and the Broken East River inheritance have appeared in the Flame Ice Domain will soon spread throughout the entire universe, and it is necessary for the race to know about it.

Moreover, its origins are extraordinary, and obtaining it smoothly is not an easy task.

This requires not only my own strength and talent to be recognized by Duan Donghe Wu, but also the influence of powerful figures from all sides of the Cosmic Sea.

The legacy of an ancient civilization, surpassing even the level of true gods, would absolutely drive all the powerful beings in the cosmic sea mad, especially those from the first reincarnation era.

Inside the Tomb Ship, Luo Feng thought to himself as he recalled the departed Lord of the Crying Sea.

After thinking it over, Luo Feng's Nether Sea clone within his divine realm sent a wisp of consciousness to log into the primordial universe and initiate a supreme council of his race.

Things are different now. Back then, Luo Feng was only qualified to be ranked among the highest levels of the clan because he could only kill the second-tier Qingfu Lord in a single battle.

However, thousands of years ago in the primordial universe, Luo Feng had already become a member of the Human Race's Supreme Council after defeating a fifth-order universe master from the second reincarnation era inside the spaceship.

In the virtual universe, before the Supreme Temple, dozens of members of the Human High Council gathered.

"Luo Feng."

Giant Axe looked at Luo Feng, who had initiated this Supreme Conference.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a special tomb ship has appeared within the Flame and Ice Domain of the Space Ship."

A powerful figure from an unknown era, named 'Duan Donghe Wu,' left behind an ancient legacy within the Tomb Ship.

After a pause, Luo Feng continued, "According to Duan Donghe Wu's account, he was following the 'General' on a final adventure before his demise."

If nothing unexpected happens, this 'general' is likely a captain of a spaceship or something similar.

It is certain that the lineage of Duan Donghe Wu transcends the level of a true god.

However, this inheritance is extremely dangerous. No matter how many powerful individuals come, only one person can ultimately obtain the inheritance; the rest will all perish—a kind of annihilation that even a clone technique cannot withstand.

Suddenly, Luo Feng's expression changed, and he said, "I haven't seen the inheritance yet, except for the Skeleton Clan's Lord of the Sea, who is not of my race and has been forced to leave."

Just now, two cosmic rulers have fallen.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the highest-ranking members of the human race present all turned solemn.

"Luo Feng, are you confident you can obtain this inheritance?"

"The giant axe asked in a deep voice."

"I don't know."

Luo Feng shook his head and looked at Lu Jin, saying, "Brother Jin, if you come, obtaining the inheritance shouldn't be a problem."

Since it's about selecting a successor, the test is nothing more than talent and strength.

In both of these aspects, Lu Jin is absolutely unparalleled in the entire universe.

If even Lu Jin couldn't obtain the Duan Donghe inheritance, then no one else could.

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin said, "Since there's only one inheritance, you should come. Be confident."

Moreover, since you are a cosmic venerable one, the difficulty of the test should be significantly lower than that of a cosmic lord.

Don't worry about anything outside; I'll take care of it.

As for the secret techniques within the Duan Donghe lineage, Lu Jin really didn't think much of them.

After all, the original universe restricted the inheritance of those above the True God level, while the Heavenly Court itself possessed the inheritance of those below the True God level.

As for passing through reincarnation and going to the Origin Continent in the future, I imagine that my own cheat system will also provide me with inheritances above the True God level.

The Yuan Embryos collected by the Duan Donghe lineage are quite interesting; they are similar to natal treasures and can grow into god-king treasures at their highest level.

However, even if he becomes the new Duan Donghe, he can only take one Yuan Pei.

In other words, within the primordial universe, the entire Duan Donghe inheritance actually only includes the inheritance of various secret methods and techniques of True Gods and below, a primordial embryo that can only be used as a supreme treasure for the time being, plus the Tomb Ship, a supreme treasure of the palace type.

The Heavenly Court has no shortage of secret techniques that surpass the level of true gods, nor does it lack two supreme treasures. Therefore, Lu Jin had no intention of vying for the inheritance of the Broken East River.

"it is good."

Luo Feng nodded.

In the Great Luo Heaven, at the Lingxiao Palace, the Eight Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions and Four Seasons entered the palace.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven."

The Eight Great Heavenly Kings, seated on the nine-colored throne at the head of the throne, bowed and greeted Lu Jin.

"Come with me to the Cosmic Sea; a great battle is about to begin."

As Lu Jin spoke, with a thought, the majestic Lingxiao Palace rapidly shrank, crossing the gates of the Heavenly Realm and entering the Netherworld God Kingdom.

The Netherworld Blood Sea clone, wielding the Kunlun Mirror, located the Kunlun Token carried by Luo Feng, activated remote detection mode, and entered a god-like perspective.

"Shh!"

The next moment, Lingxiao Palace traversed space and descended into the Yanbing Domain deep within the inner domain of the cosmic ship, appearing not far from the Tomb Ship that was suspended above the endless black swamp.

With his gaze spanning across space, Lu Jin surveyed the tomb ship with its hatch open, then turned to the eight Heavenly Kings inside the hall and said, "Xuanwu, you will guard the hatch of the tomb ship and prohibit any living being from entering."

"Those powerful alien beings—such as the Guardian of the Nation, the Virtuous One, the Wide-Eyed One, the Hearer of Much Hearing, the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, and the White Tiger—who enter the tomb's vessel within a 100-light-range radius must not be allowed to escape. Their corpses should be preserved, or they should be sealed away with palace-like treasures."

The eighth-tier top-level secret technique, the third level of the three heads and six arms, 30,000 times the life gene, and the eight Heavenly Kings are all twelfth-tier true gods. Even if all the true gods of the universe sea came as a group, the Heavenly Court could suppress all those who dared to disobey.

As one of the most dangerous areas within the spaceship, the vast Flame-Ice Domain can only be teleported to its edges, and the location where the Tomb Ship appeared can be considered to be deep within the Flame-Ice Domain.

With teleportation restricted, a warning range of 100 light-years is already large enough.

Even traveling at a million times the speed of light, it would still take nearly an hour to reach the Tomb Ship from outside the warning range.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

The eight heavenly kings, including Dhritarashtra, responded.

"Go."

Lu Jin waved his hand.

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

Eight figures flew out of the Lingxiao Palace. Xuanwu Heavenly King landed at the entrance of the Tomb Ship's cabin. With a wave of his hand, a supreme treasure palace shot out and blocked the entrance of the Tomb Ship's cabin.

The other seven Heavenly Kings flew to their respective locations to await the arrival of the enemy.

As Luo Feng had predicted, after the Lord of the Crying Sea was deemed by Duan Donghe to be 'not of our kind' and ineligible to receive the inheritance, he immediately reported the news to the four Demon Lords of the Skeleton Clan.

After some discussion, the four demon lords of the Skeleton Clan informed the various forces in the Cosmic Sea about the news of the Broken East River's inheritance.

Firstly, the Skeleton Clan cannot obtain the inheritance of the Broken East River through legitimate channels, thus preventing a large number of powerful beings from the Cosmic Sea from coming to compete for it and causing great chaos. The Skeleton Clan has absolutely no chance of getting their hands on the inheritance.

Secondly, among the existing inheritors, there is the Daohe Venerable of the Primordial Universe Human Race.

In the eyes of the four demon lords of the Skeleton Clan, the inheritance of the Broken East River must never be allowed to be obtained by the human race of the primordial universe.

Now that things have come to this, the identities of Blood Sea Demon Ancestor, the leader of the Primal Universe Universal Alliance, are basically known to the high-ranking officials of various forces in the Universe Sea.

The Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, who is at the level of a cosmic ruler, has a strength of at least the ninth rank. He is truly terrifying and must be contained.

In the Eastern Emperor's Sacred Land, within the boundless realm of gods.

Beside the ancestral tree radiating boundless divine light, a figure shrouded in a hazy blue light stood high in the sky.

"Lord Beizhen, I command you to personally escort 20 Universe Lords, 200 Universe Venerables, and 2000 Immortals to the Universe Ship at top speed to seize their inheritance."

After 119 cycles of reincarnation, the Eastern Emperor Ancestor reappeared and gave his instructions.

"Yes, ancestor."

The Northern True Star Lord, dressed in a white robe, stepped forward respectfully.

Before long, a dazzling polygonal black sphere flew out of the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land universe and sped through the cosmic sea toward the spaceship.

On the other side, the equally mysterious ancestor of the Purple Moon Holy Land also reappeared, ordering the Awakening True God to lead 15 Universe Lords, 150 Universe Venerables, and 1500 Immortals to leave the Purple Moon Holy Land universe and head to the Universe Ship to compete for the inheritance.

At the same time, dozens of forces from the two great eras who received news of Duan Donghe's inheritance also dispatched their strongest members to lead teams to the Flame Ice Domain of the Universe Boat.

The inheritance is moving, and all forces have seen the hope of breaking through the cycle of reincarnation and transforming the small universe into the holy universe of 'eternity'. How can they sit still?
Especially for the various factions in the first cycle era, they only have half a cycle era left.

The severance of the Donghe River lineage is essentially their only hope.

The primordial universe, however, remained remarkably peaceful, with only a small number of self-aware cosmic beings venturing there.

In the present-day primordial universe, only three forces remain that can be considered significant: the Ancestral God Cult, the Human Race, and the Universal Alliance.

Within the Ancestral God Sect, there were no true god-level experts. Knowing that they had no hope of obtaining the inheritance, they did not join in the fun to avoid unnecessary losses.

With Luo Feng and the Heavenly Court going to the human race, and given that the inheritance is unique, they can simply wait to obtain it.

As for the Universal Alliance, the Alliance Leader remained silent, and the several high-ranking True Gods within the Alliance also did not appear.

Without a strong leader to guide the team, going to compete for the inheritance is tantamount to suicide; only someone with a brain like a donkey would go and join the fun.

As time passed, inside the tomb's vessel, the legacy of the Broken East River entered the stage of unraveling the Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation.

Virtual universe, before the temple of the Supreme Council.

"Rhino King's Game, the most popular game among powerful ancient civilizations?"

The Lord of Chaos City raised an eyebrow.

After a moment of contemplation, the Lord of Chaos City said, "Luo Feng, since the Rhinoceros Emperor's Technique can enhance comprehension, I will create a new plane in the virtual universe. You can upload the Rhinoceros Emperor's Technique to the virtual universe."

"no problem."

Luo Feng nodded.

Before long, a special plane called the 'Rhino Emperor Plane' was added to the virtual universe.

The space of the Rhinoceros Emperor's Plane is not very large. It is surrounded by mist and has stone pillars with three-dimensional phantoms on them.

There are 123 stone pillars in the left row, with the top of the illusory image solidified, containing thousands of different fluctuations.

There are 10080 stone pillars in the right row, and the shadows at the top are relatively loose.

It is precisely the 123 solutions and 10080 endgames of the Rhinoceros King's Game.

At this moment, in addition to the dozens of top members of the Supreme Council, many other powerful figures entered the Rhinoceros Emperor's Plane.

Before long, looking at the figures of more than a thousand Heavenly Court members, Giant Axe and Chaos City Lord couldn't help but twitch their lips, and then looked at Lu Jin with a shocked expression.

Good heavens, is the Heavenly Court really that wealthy? You must know that the access to the Rhinoceros Emperor Plane is reserved for the rulers of the human universe. Even the top human universe overlords and the alien universe rulers within the Hong Alliance cannot enter.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm studying the Rhinoceros King Bureau."

Lu Jin said something and then turned to study the Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation.

Duan Donghe Wu did not provide any rules for the game; everything must be figured out by oneself.

Fortunately, the 123rd solution corresponds to the first 123 of the 10080 endgames.

If you can thoroughly study the solutions to the 123 problems, you will understand the rules of the Rhinoceros King's Game.

Moreover, if the solution is correct, the Rhinoceros Emperor Formation drawn with divine power will possess the characteristics of being indestructible and having an eternal cycle of energy.

Based on whether this characteristic exists in the solution, one can determine whether the solution is correct.

Inside the Hall of Ascension in the Great Luo Heaven, Lu Jin adjusted the cultivation tasks of many Blood God Child incarnations.

One thousand incarnations of the Blood God who created the secret method were retained, and one thousand incarnations of the Blood God who comprehended the "Miro Supreme Diagram" were also retained.

The remaining 38,000 Blood God Child incarnations and two avatars, comparing their findings with the Rhinoceros Emperor's Situation seen in the virtual universe, began to focus all their efforts on solving the problem.

Even the Netherworld Blood Sea clone within the Netherworld God Kingdom and the original body within the Lingxiao Palace outside the Tomb Ship have joined the research and deciphering efforts.

"123 solutions, the first 123 endgames, correspond to each other."

"So that's what light forms are!"

Three days later inside the Hall of Ascension, Lu Jin smiled as he gazed at the perfect three-dimensional phantom that appeared before him, drawn with divine power.

The Rhinoceros King's Game is a three-dimensional game layout, somewhat similar to the Eight Great Beasts Mystic Patterns that he spent a lot of effort on, and it has a total of nine game rules.

Firstly, each Rhinoceros King Bureau is divided into 10081 basic elements.

Secondly, in each miniature 3D model, each line and each basic element can only appear once.

Third, each basic element causes changes in the miniature stereogram, giving it an almost infinite number of styles.
The fourth, the fifth, and the sixth
Ninth, the three-dimensional phantom formed by the final solution can form a perfect energy cycle, which is indestructible and eternal.

The nine game rules are incredibly complex.

Based on the complexity, even a god as powerful as God could not forcibly memorize the relative positions of every 'basic element'.

Countless basic elements constitute a miniature solid image, countless miniature solid images constitute a small solid image, countless small solid images constitute a medium solid image, and countless medium solid images eventually transform into a three-dimensional phantom.

Even a god couldn't help you with just rote memorization; you have to understand all the intricacies of this game.

'No wonder it's the reason why a god-king level expert became famous.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

In Lu Jin's view, the Rhinoceros King Bureau made the Rhinoceros King famous.

Just like Li Bai, the great poet of ancient times, as long as Tang poems are still in textbooks, Li Bai will not be forgotten.

Similarly, as long as people still play the Rhinoceros King's Game, a game that can enhance comprehension, the legend of the Rhinoceros King will exist forever, even if the Rhinoceros King has been gone for countless years.

It is no exaggeration to say that, based solely on the Rhinoceros Emperor Bureau, this long-deceased Rhinoceros Emperor was the most well-known God King on the Origin Continent.

The Rhinoceros King's Bureau has countless followers, and there are countless admirers of the Rhinoceros King.

In other words, the worldview of Swallowed Star is not too far-fetched, or rather, the strength of a god-king is not enough.

Otherwise, the well-known Rhinoceros King, even if he had fallen countless times, would still be able to return and become an existence that could never be killed.

After giving some instructions to Fatty, Lu Jin in the virtual universe of the Rhinoceros Emperor said, "The game rules of the Rhinoceros Emperor Bureau have been researched and I have had the auxiliary AI send them to you all."

However, you'd better not look at it for now, and do some research on your own first.

Solving the puzzle is merely a process; the goal is to enhance one's understanding by studying the solutions.

Everyone: "!!!"

No, that fast?

You figured out the rules of the Rhino King's Game in just half a minute?

To be precise, from the moment he began his research, within half a minute of the time it took to navigate the primordial universe, Lu Jin had already grasped the rules of the Rhinoceros King's Game.

However, if you factor in the ten-thousand-fold time acceleration from the Immortal Ascension Palace, that's three days.

Furthermore, these three days are also unusual.

It took Lu Jin's more than 38,000 divine bodies three days under the blessing of enlightenment from the Bodhi tree.

The total research period exceeds three hundred years.

Of course, Lu Jin's comprehension cannot be judged solely by the total study time of the Rhinoceros Emperor's Rules.

After all, with so many Blood God Child incarnations, there is a significant amount of overlap in research when they are studied simultaneously.

This is like ten people working for a hundred days to build a house from scratch.

But that doesn’t mean that 100,000 people could build the same house from scratch in less than 15 minutes.

Half a month later, in the Fiery Ice Domain of the Cosmic Ship, the birthplace of the Tomb Ship, a new arrival arrived.

Of course, the main forces of various factions in the Cosmic Sea did not arrive so quickly; only the powerful individuals who were already near the Flame and Ice Domain came.

"Whoosh-"

A streak of black light streaked across the void of the Flame Ice Domain at hundreds of thousands of times the speed of light, rapidly approaching the Tomb Ship.

Sensing the arrival of an uninvited guest, Lu Jin, the true form of the Lingxiao Palace, gazed towards a distance of hundreds of light-years.

The newcomer was a strange old man with a sinister aura, long hair, and countless tiny black bells on his hair.

Even on the old man's eyebrows and the hair on his skin, there were some small bells.

'The Shadow Bell Demon Lord of the Heavenly Bell Clan?'

Upon recognizing the other party's origins, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly.

The Shadow Bell Demon Lord, lacking any supreme treasures, is merely a top-tier seventh-order True God, and also the only True God of the Heavenly Bell Clan, the pinnacle race of the first reincarnation era.

Then, Lu Jin transmitted his voice to the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra, who was dozens of light-years away: "Dhritarashtra, regardless of whether the Shadow Bell Demon Lord continues to approach, let him perish."

There was no other reason, but Lu Jin disliked the name of the Tianzhong clan.

Regardless of whether the name literally means sending a bell to the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Bell Clan will be wiped out today.

Being of a different kind and so obstructive to our view, they are bound to face repercussions from the Heavenly Court.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

Dhritarashtra turned and bowed, then transformed into a streak of light and flew swiftly through the air toward Shadow Bell Demon Lord.

Seeing that one of the eight unknown True God powerhouses who had arrived earlier was flying towards him, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord's eyes flashed with apprehension, and he asked in a deep voice, "Unknown powerhouse, could you do me a favor?"

Although he was a true god, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord was also aware of his own limitations.

True gods active in the cosmic sea possess at least seventh-order strength; otherwise, they would not leave the small universe unless they were at least seventh-order.

Even if the opponent was only eight seventh-tier true gods, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord did not think he could be a match for them.

However, the inheritance of Duan Donghe was too tempting, and he did not want to give it up.

After all, once they give up their inheritance, the Tianzhong Clan will have no chance of escaping the cycle of reincarnation, and will turn to ashes after half a cycle of reincarnation.

Faced with the Shadow Bell Demon Lord's question, Dhritarashtra remained silent and simply continued flying towards him.

Seeing this, hesitation appeared in the eyes of the Shadow Bell Demon Lord.

Judging from their posture, they most likely have ill intentions.
'Only half a cycle of reincarnation remains. No matter what, I will fight for it!'

Gritting his teeth, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord thought to himself.

More than an hour later, the two sides were less than a light-year apart.

'tumultuous--'

Just then, Dhritarashtra activated his supernatural power: the third level of his three heads and six arms. As his divine body transformed, he unleashed a terrifying aura.

"Wow—"

Immediately afterwards, the Heavenly King's Divine Armor (Blood Sea Set) was activated, and a dazzling blue light shone forth, with endless blue light covering an area of ​​hundreds of light-years.

At this moment, the terrifying binding force formed by the supreme domain acted upon the Shadow Bell Demon Lord, who was rapidly breaking through the air.

Instantly, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord's flight speed plummeted, and his expression changed drastically.

"What do you mean by this? I do not recall having any grudges with you or any of you."

The Shadow Bell Demon Lord, who was on high alert, asked in a deep voice.

"I'll let you die knowing the truth, I am the Eastern Heavenly King of the Heavenly Court, ordered by the Heavenly Emperor to kill you, a traitor who disobeys the Mandate of Heaven!"

Dhritarashtra used a universal excuse: after all, the right to interpret exactly what constitutes "disrespect for the mandate of heaven" still belongs to the Heavenly Court.
Immediately, with a thought, the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra caused boundless blue light to converge within his domain, condensing into a blue divine mace ten thousand kilometers long.

As the secret technique was activated, the Azure Light Divine Mace, carrying the power to annihilate the void, struck directly at the chest of the Shadow Bell Demon Lord.

"Bam—"

With a deafening roar, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord, with nowhere to hide within the Azure Light Domain, had his supreme treasure armor shatter into countless fragments, and his True God Heart collapsed, ultimately perishing beneath the Azure Light Divine Mace.

Even the top-tier seventh-order Shadow Bell Demon Lord doesn't possess the supreme treasure armor.

In contrast, the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra's secret techniques can reach the twelfth level at most.

Given such a huge difference in strength, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord was bound to have his true god's heart shattered with a single blow.

The heart of the true god is not only the key to the true god's connection to his own microcosm, but also the vessel for the true god's soul.

The heart of the true god is broken; the only way for the true god is to perish.

In other words, the corpse of a true god has extremely high value to the Heavenly Court, which is why Dhritarashtra restrained the power of his secret technique.

Otherwise, the Shadow Bell Demon Lord wouldn't just have had his True God Heart shattered, but his corpse and all the treasures on his body would have been reduced to countless fragments.

Afterwards, he collected the corpse and treasures of the Shadow Bell Demon Lord, dispersed the blue light domain, and turned to fly towards the Lingxiao Palace.

Meanwhile, within the Netherworld God Kingdom, an incarnation of the Blood God Child, accompanied by ten Heavenly Generals, traveled through the Kunlun Mirror to the Cosmic Sea to plunder the small universes that the Shadow Bell Demon Lord was beginning to collapse.

To be honest, it would be quite simple to wipe out a certain race in the first and second cycles if they had sufficient military strength.

If all the true gods of this race are eliminated, then all members of this race will perish the moment the miniature universe begins to collapse.

(End of this chapter)