Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 299 Two Paths, the Transformation of the Mediocre
Thirty years later.

Above the Great Luo Heaven, on an endless sea of ​​golden clouds.

"call out!"

A black streak of light, seemingly capable of piercing through everything, streaked across the sky, leaving a dark, void-like void in the heavens of the Great Luo Heaven before disappearing into the golden sea of ​​clouds and landing on the boundless earth below.

"boom--"

A violent roar erupted, and space and matter were instantly annihilated into nothingness by the power unleashed by the secret technique.

On the boundless earth, a bottomless abyss appeared, sloping downwards and hundreds of thousands of kilometers in diameter.

"call out!"

Glancing at the bottomless abyss, the Time Dragon clone, now in human form, moved its mind, and a platinum-gold triangular cone filled with endless light flew back.

It's finally finished!

Putting away the 'Radiant Abyss Cone', Lu Jin thought to himself with emotion.

Thirty years in the outside world, but three hundred thousand years have passed in the Immortal Ascension Palace under a ten-thousand-fold time acceleration.

After 300,000 years, Lu Jin finally completed the fine-tuning of the eighth-order secret technique 'Chaos Hole', making it not only a spear technique but also a sword technique, a claw technique, and a controller's secret technique.

The spear technique is suitable for the main body's God-Slaying Spear; the sword technique is suitable for the Blood Sea Demon Sword of the Blood God Child's incarnation; the claw technique is suitable for the Calamity Claw of the Water Kirin clone; and the Controller's Secret Technique is suitable for the Radiant Holy Abyss Cone of the Time Dragon clone.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin's figure disappeared in mid-air, teleporting back to the Immortal Ascension Palace.

At this moment, Fatty's voice rang in the main body's mind: 'Master, Luo Feng has initiated the clan's supreme council.'

'Tsk~, it's time for the five little Karami to rise to power.'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and thought to himself, then separated a wisp of his consciousness to log into the virtual universe.

The so-called five little Karami naturally refer to the five major forces of the original human race: Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Arena, and Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

With the emergence of the overpowered Heavenly Court, the original five major forces have become mere supporting characters, especially the weakest of them all, the Universe's Number One Bank.

Luo Feng has obtained the inheritance of Duan Donghe. With those non-core inheritances that can be passed on, the five major forces will benefit immensely.

Of course, the five major powers may develop rapidly in the future, but at most they will only catch up with the development speed of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court.

The Heavenly Court's Hall of Inheritance contains the complete lineage of True Gods and below. As the Heavenly Emperor's harem, the Hall of Inheritance of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court is also open to its members.

Even if Luo Feng brings back the Duan Donghe inheritance and shares a portion of the non-core inheritance with the five major powers, it will only mean that he is no weaker than the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court in terms of inheritance.

Compared to the Heavenly Court, which is essentially a cheater, it is clearly no match.

Leaving aside the Bodhi Tree in the Immortal Ascension Palace, just considering the Law Godheads, Lu Jin currently possesses dozens of True God-level Law Godheads and thousands of Law Godheads at the level of Universe Lords.

Without development spanning trillions of epochs, the five major powers could not even muster such a large number of true gods and cosmic lords.

By the time the five major powers have produced so many true gods and cosmic rulers, the Heavenly Court's strength will be far beyond what it is now.

In the virtual universe, dozens of members of the Supreme Council are seated at the round table in front of the Supreme Temple.

At this moment, everyone present turned their attention to Luo Feng, who had initiated this Supreme Meeting.

"As you all have guessed, I have obtained the inheritance of Duan Donghe."

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Luo Feng smiled and spoke.

"Daohe, receive the inheritance."

"Daohe, congratulations."

"Congratulations."

Everyone offered their congratulations.

"Brother Jin, thank you so much."

After exchanging pleasantries, Luo Feng thanked Lu Jin.

Without the Bodhi tree in the Hall of Ascension, Luo Feng dared not guarantee that he could pass the test and obtain the inheritance of Duan Donghe.

Moreover, if Lu Jin hadn't led the Heavenly Court experts to block the outside of the Tomb Ship, Luo Feng wouldn't have been able to guarantee that he would have been able to obtain the Duan Donghe inheritance under the influence of others.

"You're welcome~"

Lu Jin waved his hand.

Luo Feng nodded, not bothering with superficial politeness.

I owe him so much already, so this one time won't make a difference. I can always call on him if I need anything in the future.

Then, Luo Feng looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, the Duan Donghe inheritance is vast and boundless. Some of the core inheritance cannot be passed on to outsiders, but the non-core inheritance can be taught."

Moreover, although they are called non-core inheritances, due to their large number and high level, these non-core inheritances also cover the complete cultivation system at the True God level and below.

It's a pity that the primordial universe blocked information related to those beyond the true gods, and even I can't see any inheritances beyond the level of the true gods.

In addition, there is too much to pass down, and I am still organizing and summarizing it.

After I've sorted everything out, I'll select some important traditions and make them available to the community.

"Okay! Thank you, Daohe!"

"Thank you, Daohe!"

"Thank you."

As soon as Luo Feng finished speaking, everyone present immediately expressed their gratitude.

"Knock Knock Knock-"

At this moment, Lu Jin tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said, "Luo Feng, the inheritance can be opened to the clans, but as for those alien races in the Hong Alliance, don't pass it on."

In Lu Jin's view, those who are not of our kind will inevitably be different if we unite.

Lone wolves or small groups are acceptable to humans.

However, we really cannot accept a large number of members from other ethnic groups.

The original universe's territory and resources are not infinite. Using limited territory and resources to cultivate the direct descendants of the human race is undoubtedly much better than cultivating alien races whose unity cannot be guaranteed.

In other words, the Hongmeng alliance already existed before that; otherwise, in Lu Jin's opinion, this alliance could have been completely disbanded.

Without sufficient strength, one cannot act alone; one must unite with all those who can be united, even at the cost of sacrificing some of one's own deserved benefits.

But the human race is invincible. Even if the entire universe and even the entire universe were united, they would not be able to defeat the human race. Why can't they have their own food?
Not convinced?

Either keep it to yourself, or go die.

"it is good."

Luo Feng nodded without hesitation.

Prior to this, Luo Feng had no intention of excluding the various clans of the Hong Alliance; at most, he would only impose some restrictions.

But since Lu Jin said so, he would definitely listen to his older brother.

As soon as he finished speaking, Giant Axe, Lord of Chaos City, Lord of Desolate Mirror, and the others exchanged glances.

Before the human race took off, the many alien races within the Hong Alliance were like sweethearts.

Now that the human race is soaring, many of the alien races within the Hong Alliance have become mere doormats.

I feel a little awkward and embarrassed.

However, this slight embarrassment was quickly forgotten by Giant Axe and the Chaos City Lord.

What is a foreign race?

Those who are not of one mind are called foreigners.

Since we're not on the same page, isn't it normal that the eldest brother won't include you guys after he takes off?

If the human race can ensure that these alien races within the Hong Alliance are not wiped out, then they will have already lived up to the friendship they once shared.

In any case, isn't the purpose of these alien races joining the Hong Alliance simply to avoid being wiped out?
"Luo Feng, the primordial universe has not yet formally explored the path to becoming a true god. Can you tell everyone about it?"

The giant axe asked Luo Feng.

"Uh~, I haven't had time to fully understand the inheritance yet."

Luo Feng said awkwardly.

At this moment, Lu Jin said, "I know that."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Jin.

Lu Jin said, "The process of the Lord of the Universe stepping into a true god is, in general, breaking through the limits, which can be summarized into two different routes."

One path is the Law Path: by creating any sixth-order secret technique, one can step into the realm of True God.

This is the experience that the ethnic group has summarized, only it is not so clearly defined.

The second path is the divine power route, where the life gene breaks through the 10081-fold limit of the perfect gene. Even if it is only 10082 times the life gene, one can still step into the realm of a true god.

However, the prerequisite for breaking through the divine power path is to break the limitations of perfect genes on one's own; breaking the limitations of perfect genes through external means is not possible.

This is like creating your own sixth-tier secret technique and being able to enter the realm of true godhood, but learning a sixth-tier secret technique created by someone else, no matter how high the compatibility, will not make you one.

Prior to this, the general understanding within the human race that the Lord of the Universe had broken through to become a true god was that he was forging a new path.

However, paths trodden by the strong are impassable.

This understanding is correct in direction, but the statement is incorrect.

Just like the Chaos City Lord in the original work, who took the path of time-space fusion to become a true god.

However, this does not mean that other universe masters who follow the path of spacetime fusion will absolutely not become true gods.

The perfect fusion of the laws of space and time is clearly beyond the reach of a mere True God.

It is said that the fusion of time and space created a true god, but in reality, it was only a preliminary fusion.

The two supreme laws are extremely broad, both involving the fusion of space and time, and contain countless possibilities.

As long as one can create a sixth-order secret technique with the attribute of spacetime fusion and then step into the realm of true god, it can be said that one has achieved true godhood by following the path of spacetime fusion.

The reason why there is a saying in the original universe that once a strong person has paved the way, later generations cannot become true gods by following that path.

That's because it's very difficult for the Lord of the Universe to become a true god, and there are too few examples, so it's taken for granted that a path can only be walked by one strong person.

If a true god or a powerful cosmic ruler already occupies this path, geniuses will proactively avoid it and choose other different paths.

It is precisely because of this that in the past, very few geniuses among the human race walked the path of the Beast God, and even the higher-ups of the race did not recommend that the most outstanding geniuses in the race walk the path of the Beast God.

Because in the eyes of the higher-ups of the tribe, the pinnacle of the Beast God Path is the progenitor of the Starry Sky Beasts.

With this path already occupied by the progenitor of the Starry Sky Beasts, even if one were to become the master of the Beast God Path universe by chance, one would still be unable to achieve true godhood by fusing with the Beast God Path.

"What's the difference between these two routes?"

Chaos City Lord asked.

Lu Jin said, "The divine power route is definitely stronger than the law route, but the difficulty of achieving great success with the divine power route is far greater than that of the law route."

By breaking through to the True God through the path of laws, the strength of the origin of the small universes is consistent, and no one's small universe will be stronger or weaker than that of other True Gods.

However, the higher the level of life genes that one breaks through to true godhood through the divine power route, the more abundant the origin of the microcosm becomes.

Below 30,000 times the life gene, the advantage of the divine power route isn't that significant; it only becomes noticeable at 30,000 times and above. Furthermore, after the divine power route reaches 30,000, 60,000, and 90,000 times, the maximum size of the divine body can increase dramatically.

However, true gods who follow the path of laws may still be able to continue enhancing life genes in the future.

However, once one has broken through to the True God realm, further enhancing life genes will only have beneficial effects on the True God himself, and will not benefit smaller universes.

After hearing this, most of the people present looked enlightened.

With Lu Jin's strength, he should have already stepped into the realm of true god. However, he is still the master of the universe, which clearly indicates that he has embarked on the path of breakthrough through divine power.

'Brother Jin is so strong, I wonder how far he's progressed on the Divine Power path?'

Luo Feng couldn't help but wonder.

After the Supreme Conference ended, Lu Jin was preparing to devote himself to cultivation again when Luo Feng sent him a letter.

Before long, in the virtual universe, in the Heavenly Court plane, inside a magnificent pavilion.

"Brother Jin, the path to divine power is very difficult. How far have you progressed? I'd like to have some advice."

Unable to contain his curiosity, Luo Feng asked with a look of inquiry.

"Want to know?"

Taking a sip of tea, Lu Jin asked.

"Ah."

Luo Feng nodded.

He only knew that Lu Jin's life genes were at least 30,000 times stronger, but he really didn't know the exact number.

Moreover, he knew this because his wife, Xu Xin, had 30,000 times more life genes.

Lu Jin said, "I probably wouldn't tell anyone else if they asked, but since it's you, Second Brother, asking, there's nothing I can't say."

The path to divine power is difficult; my current life gene level is only 40,000 times higher.

Of course, this is also partly due to my focus on esoteric techniques.

"More than 40,000 times?"

Luo Feng blinked and said, "More than 40,000 times the life genes, you're only three times stronger than a universe master with 10,000 times the life genes. Why are you so strong? I heard that even a true god is like a chick in front of you."

"I have three heads and six arms! The second level can increase my strength by two levels, and the secret techniques and treasures are also stronger."

Lu Jin said it as a matter of course.

Luo Feng raised an eyebrow and asked, "A sixth-order secret technique?"

Lu Jin said calmly, "Too low."

"Seventh level?"

"Can't it be any higher?"

"Top-tier seventh rank?"

Luo Feng couldn't help but raise his voice.

Although he is only a cosmic venerable one, he is not a novice.

Once the Lord of the Universe enters the realm of true godhood and comprehends the evolution of chaos, his mastery of secret techniques can be greatly enhanced in a short period of time.

Having reached the True God realm with top-tier seventh-order secret techniques and comprehending the evolution of chaos, his secret technique level will likely reach the ninth order or even higher very soon.

"Originally it was indeed a top-tier seventh-order technique, but the Rhinoceros Emperor Technique was quite effective. Not long after I mastered it, I created an eighth-order secret technique."

Lu Jin said with a smile.

"An eighth-tier secret technique?! No, wait, you've mastered the Rhinoceros Emperor's Technique?"

Luo Feng was shocked.

"Basic operations, don't be silly~"

Lu Jin waved his hand indifferently.

To be honest, showing off in front of Luo Feng is much more enjoyable than showing off in front of Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City.

To put it bluntly, Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City are just roadside figures, while Luo Feng is a super big shot in the known future world.

Luo Feng: "."

Depend on!
When will my dream, Luo Feng's dream, finally come true?!
dream?

One of Luo Feng's biggest dreams was to be able to impress Lu Jin and leave him speechless.

Time passed, and ten thousand years later...

In the primordial universe, in the void beyond the Meteorite Star, Luo Feng, clad in a silver robe, stood suspended in the air.

'Time and spacetime, rewind!'

With a thought, Luo Feng unleashed the power of spacetime, and time began to flow rapidly backward in this void outside the Meteorite Star.

At this moment, Luo Feng had already left the Flame Ice Domain of the Cosmic Ship with the Tomb Ship and headed to the 'white wings' he had discovered before recognizing the master in the Peak Realm, which made the Killing Wu Wings complete with six wings and its grade enter the ranks of supreme treasures.

Furthermore, after returning to the original universe, he completed the integration of the three mysteries of time, mastered spacetime, and entered the ranks of the masters of the universe.

Before long, under the great power of time and space, the once fallen 'great immortal' Hu Yanbo, his nine soul servants, and even the Meteorite Starship were all pulled back to the present by Luo Feng from the past.

Looking at the familiar Babata and the unfamiliar silver-robed Luo Feng, Hu Yanbo and his nine immortal servants, who had just been resurrected by reversing time and space, were completely bewildered.

A week later.

On Earth, inside a restaurant, Lu Jin, at the invitation of Luo Feng and Xu Xin, brought Zi Nishang for a small gathering.

"Brother Jin, do you still remember Hu Yanbo?"

Luo Feng asked Lu Jin.

"I know, the great immortal god that Babata spoke of~"

Lu Jin said jokingly.

After Zi Nishang became the master of the universe, Lu Jin had thought about resurrecting Hu Yanbo.

After all, Zi Ni Chang was able to become immortal because Hu Yanbo killed an immortal military leader of the mechanical race before his death, and Luo Feng, who inherited Hu Yanbo's legacy, gave him the corpse.

In addition, the secret techniques he obtained from the Babatana trade also helped him to some extent in his growth.

However, considering that Luo Feng was Hu Yanbo's disciple, Lu Jin entrusted the task of reversing time and resurrecting him to Luo Feng.

"Pfft~"

Upon hearing "great immortal deity," Zi Nishang and Xu Xin couldn't help but laugh.

The Heavenly Emperor, who struck fear into the hearts of all forces in the universe, used this adjective when mentioning an immortal god, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

"Haha~, but Babata is right. For us back then, the immortal gods were indeed great."

Luo Feng was also amused.

Xu Xin said, "Please stop teasing me. Now that Teacher Huyanbo has joined the Heavenly Court and become a member of the Yanhuang Company, he can't stand your teasing."

"Huyan Bo has joined the Heavenly Court?"

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow, looked at Xu Xin, and said, "We're old acquaintances, Xu Xin. Tell Hu Yanbo when you get back."

Before he became a cosmic sage, the Hall of Ascension was open to him free of charge.

Alternatively, you can go directly to the Spirit Treasure Hall to receive a high-level Law Treasure and a high-level Law Treasure of the third level of profound mystery.

Two options: one is to be promoted to a cosmic venerable by freely comprehending the Dao Diagram of the Higher Laws.

Another achieved instant ascension, comprehending the laws of nature and becoming a cosmic overlord.

"On behalf of Teacher Hu Yanbo, I thank the Heavenly Emperor!"

Xu Xin said with a smile, and Luo Feng also gave her a grateful look.

"Just a little thing."

Lu Jin waved his hand dismissively.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

Nowadays, among all those who had a certain friendly relationship in the past, whose names he could remember, and who are still alive, which one is weaker than the overlord of the universe?
Just like when he first became a martial artist and underwent a military combat assessment, Wei Xin, who accompanied him to the wilderness to hunt beast-soldier level monsters, was originally a member of his uncle Li Yunqian's personal guard.

Now he has become a cosmic overlord and serves as the guardian of a star sector in the former territory of the demon race under the Heavenly Court.

Lu Jin had to admit that the Rhinoceros Emperor Bureau was a good thing for the Heavenly Court.

The reason why all the powerful beings in the Heavenly Court at the level of Universe Lord and above, apart from the four true god servants such as the Demon Beast Ancestor, were able to become Universe Lords and True Gods is because of their Godhood of Laws.

In terms of comprehension alone, they are far weaker than the strong individuals of the same level in the outside world.

After all, when Lu Jin was recruiting Heavenly Generals, he was just picking the tallest among the short ones; they weren't geniuses with exceptional comprehension.

However, comprehension is not static. Creating secret techniques can hone comprehension, and the higher the level of the secret technique, the greater the improvement gained.

Thanks to the Bodhi tree's ability to greatly enhance comprehension, the Heavenly Generals of the Heavenly Court were able to create secret techniques that were no weaker than the average level of their counterparts outside the Heavenly Court, and even surpassed them, despite their own questionable comprehension.

The emergence of the Rhinoceros King Bureau has greatly compensated for their shortcomings in comprehension.

Studying and analyzing the Rhinoceros Emperor Formation can enhance one's comprehension; the more formations one solves, the greater the improvement in comprehension.

Assuming an average person has a comprehension level of 1 and a peerless genius has a comprehension level of 100, solving the 10080th Rhinoceros Emperor Formation can increase comprehension by 10.

Even for a peerless genius, even if they unravel the entire Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation, their comprehension level would only increase from 100 to 110.

The improvement in comprehension is only 10%, which can only be considered icing on the cake.

However, for mediocre people, if they can solve all the Rhinoceros Emperor's Formations, their comprehension can be increased from 1 to 11.

A tenfold increase in comprehension is a qualitative leap.

Logically speaking, an ordinary person with only 1 comprehension level should not only be unable to solve all the Rhinoceros King's puzzles, but it's questionable whether they can even solve the first 1000 puzzles in their lifetime.

But with the Bodhi tree, everything changed.

The Bodhi tree's function is to temporarily bestow upon mediocre people the wisdom of extraordinary geniuses, or even geniuses of higher levels.

The temporary comprehension has been greatly enhanced, and the comprehension boost that occurred after studying the Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation will not be deducted.

If one can unravel the entire Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation with the blessing of the Bodhi tree, the comprehension of an ordinary person will naturally achieve a qualitative leap.

The Bodhi tree's effect on enhancing understanding is not fixed; it enhances the understanding of mediocre individuals by a smaller margin, while it enhances the understanding of geniuses by a larger margin, until the Bodhi tree's effect reaches its upper limit.

After an ordinary person experiences a qualitative leap in their understanding, and with the added blessing of the Bodhi tree, the efficiency of creating Dharma increases exponentially.

After Luo Feng returned to the primordial universe with the legacy of Duan Donghe, the five major human forces obtained a complete cultivation system.

Among the cosmic lords of the Heavenly Court who relied on the divine essence of laws to become powerful, some began to create sixth-order secret techniques.

In the tens of thousands of years that followed, all the universe lords under the Heavenly Court, even the weakest among them, created the strongest fusion secret technique and all cultivated the Three Heads and Six Arms and the second level of the Law of Heaven and Earth.

By fusing the strongest secret technique and the sixth-order secret technique, the supernatural power is the second level of Three Heads and Six Arms. In addition, with life genes several times greater than those of ordinary true gods, the power of the secret technique is at the peak of the seventh and eighth orders.

If one possesses a suitable supreme and powerful weapon, the power of the secret technique can reach the peak of the eighth and ninth tiers.

Looking across the entire universe, let alone comparing them to the Lords of the Universe, even compared to true gods, the combined strength of the many Lords of the Universe in the Heavenly Court surpasses the average level of true gods.

(End of this chapter)