Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 94 Immortal-level Plant Life

The larger the divine body, the higher the yield of immortal-level life source crystals. This phenomenon has both advantages and disadvantages.

Since a large immortal corpse can be decomposed into a large number of immortal-grade life crystals, when using immortal-grade life crystals to enhance the strength of a divine body, the larger the divine body, the more immortal-grade life crystals are required.

Shaking his head, Lu Jin had a thought, and the deep red armor he was wearing twisted and detached, transforming into a cloud-piercing vine beside him.

Immediately afterwards, the dark red thorn pattern on the left wrist and the silver vine pattern on the right wrist changed.

In the blink of an eye, two more plant life forms, which were larger than the size of the Moyun Vine, appeared beside it.

A three-meter-tall vine with 360 main tendrils.

A bloodthorn bush about 1 meter tall with 108 main branches.

A star-eating grass that grows to about ten meters tall and has thousands of main vines.

360 vines is the limit for the Cloud Vine, 1000 vines is the limit for the Star-Eating Grass, and the limit for the Blood Thorn is 108 main branches.

Moreover, not only did the number of main vines or branches reach the limit of the species, but after absorbing a large amount of life source crystals, the life level of the three plants also increased to the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord.

Looking at the Cloud Vine and Star-Eating Grass, and then at the Bloodthorn, Lu Jin's thoughts began to wander.

After advancing to the Immortal realm, the 360-vine Cloud Vine directly possesses the strength of a beginner-level King.

After the Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass advanced to the Immortal realm, it directly possessed the strength of a peak-level King.

As for Bloodthorn, Lu Jin really didn't know.

Much information in the virtual universe is public, but information about immortals is fine for those at the military lord level, but for those above that level, such information is unavailable in the virtual universe.

He knew the strength of the Immortal-level 360 Vine Cloud Vine and Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass because he had read the original work.

He was naturally unaware of Bloodthorn, a plant life form that did not appear in the original work.

Pulling himself back to reality, Lu Jin placed the three plant lives into a world ring with an internal diameter of one hundred million kilometers.

To create a world ring with an internal diameter of 100 million kilometers, a world lord-level expert needs to consume several units of cosmic crystals, which are priced at 10 units by the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

For Lu Jin, who was used to being rich overnight, a world ring with 10 mixed units was just a small amount of money; he had quite a few in his pocket.

With a flick of his right hand, three more world rings of the same design appeared in his palm.

Inside these three world rings are Purple Rainbow's Cloud Vine, Blood Thorn, and Star-Eating Grass, all of which have reached the peak of the ninth level of the World Lord realm and the limits of their respective races.

Subsequently, Lu Jin took out 18 peaches from the external storage space, divided them into two groups of nine, and threw them into two of the world rings.

These two world rings contain two Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grasses.

The cultivation of Thousand Vine Star Eater Grass is very difficult, far exceeding that of 360 Vine Cloud Vine and 108 Branch Blood Thorn.

But compared to the previous training costs, this wave is truly a massive investment.

It's important to know that in the universe, treasures that can elevate the genetic level of life are incredibly expensive, even those with an upper limit of only ten times the effect.

This results in most of the peak-level experts who have achieved the title of King not having a higher level of life genes than ordinary people.

If you really want to spend money to buy it, generally only those who are invincible and have the financial means can afford it.

In Lu Jin's view, the nine peaches that could enable ordinary life to achieve a tenfold level of life gene quality were definitely no less valuable than an ordinary treasure.

It means he had quite a few peaches in his pocket, otherwise Lu Jin wouldn't have been able to be so extravagant.

However, with effort comes reward.

An ordinary Immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass possesses peak King-level strength, achieving ten times the life gene, which is equivalent to a tenfold increase in strength, enough to reach the limit level of King-level.

In Lu Jin's view, exchanging two peak-level Kings and eighteen peaches for two peak-level Kings wasn't a bad deal.

Moreover, given that when a life enters immortality, the generous and abundant cosmic origin will endlessly supply the divine power that life uses to transform into a divine body, it is necessary for him to enhance the life genes before the Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass enters immortality.

As for the Cloud Vine and Bloodthorn?

Hmm, forget it. The peaches are very valuable, and the effort put in will be far less than the reward.

"Eat, eat as much as you can, until you become immortal!"

Then, Lu Jin waved his hand, and a large number of immortal-grade life source crystals entered the six world rings, scattering them around the six plant life forms.

It is currently uncertain how many immortal-level life crystals will be required for these six plants to advance to immortality.

The extravagant Lu Jin scattered 10,000 seeds each on the two Cloud Vine plants and the two Blood Thorn plants, and even more seeds on the two Star-Eating Grass plants with ten times the life gene level.

If there are too many, put them away; if there aren't enough, add more.

Anyway, with so many Immortal-grade Life Source Crystals in my pocket, there's definitely no chance of running out.

'簌簌——'

The immortal-grade life crystals fell to the ground with a clatter, and the six plant life forms swayed their vines or branches, conveying their gratitude.

The next moment, the six plant life forms within the six world rings began to expand rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the six plant lives that were originally measured in meters have all turned into enormous creatures.

No longer suppressing its size, after unfolding its full form, the Star-Eating Grass spread out over a radius of more than 90,000 kilometers.

It has a thousand silver-white main vines covered with serrated grass leaves, each over 90,000 kilometers long and nearly 1,000 kilometers thick, capable of devouring planets with ease.

Although the Cloud Vine is not as big as the Star-Eating Grass, it is still quite large.

The plant spreads over tens of thousands of kilometers, with each of its 360 main vines reaching a thickness of 300 kilometers and a length of 30,000 kilometers.

Even a small branch vine on the main vine can be tens of meters thick and several kilometers long.

Although the Bloodthorn is the smallest, it has 108 main branches, each hundreds of kilometers thick and tens of thousands of kilometers long, and is covered with huge hollow thorns. It is no exaggeration to call it a demonic plant that blots out the sky.

With absorption and devouring, the immortal-level life source crystals transformed into a powerful life force and were injected into the bodies of the six plant life forms.

At first, the six plant life forms within the six world rings were very calm, but soon a dense crackling sound, like firecrackers, rang out.

Two Bloodthorns, each tens of thousands of kilometers long, two Cloud Vine, each tens of thousands of kilometers long, and two Star-Eating Grasses, each over ninety thousand kilometers long, all shone with a rich golden radiance.

Under the golden light, the vines or branches of the six plants began to break apart one after another.

Countless fragments of the shattered plant detached from the body, and at the same time, with the immense life force brought by the immortal-grade life source crystal and its own regenerative ability, they rapidly grew back.

Split!

regeneration!

The old body splits and disappears, and a new body is reborn.

Almost every few seconds, the six plants undergo a complete transformation from the inside out.

And with each transformation, its already enormous body becomes even larger.

Each change led the six plants to evolve towards a higher level of life.

This efficiency is simply insane, as if the entire process of life evolution has been accelerated countless times.

In the blink of an eye, more than three hours had passed.

At this moment, after absorbing a large amount of immortal-grade life source crystals, all six plant life forms displayed a dazzling golden state.

"boom--"

Suddenly, a soul-shaking tremor arose.

As if it had evolved to its limit, among the six world rings, the golden cloud vine that belonged to him was the first to unleash its immense energy.

The 360 ​​main vines of the Golden Cloud Vine, along with countless branch vines and leaves, spread wildly in all directions within the World Ring, twisting and dancing, its body rapidly expanding.

"Om-"

The next moment, an invisible pressure descended upon the world ring where the Cloud Vine was located.

Seeing this, Lu Jin's face lit up with joy.

This invisible pressure comes from the very origin of the universe.

In the primordial universe, whenever any life form achieves immortality, the fundamental laws will descend.

However, unlike humans, human realm masters need to first comprehend the complete lower-level laws and exert their physical strength 100 times. Only after both of these factors are met can they break through to become immortal.

However, for life forms like the Moyun Vine that cannot comprehend the laws, the origin of the universe will bestow upon them a lower-level law that suits them the moment they enter immortality.

Just as the vine of the cloud vine conforms to the laws of wood and achieves immortality, the origin of the universe will also bestow upon it the laws of wood.

Moreover, by breaking the shackles of life and achieving immortality, the origin of the universe will provide an unlimited supply of divine power, enabling newly immortal beings to completely transform their bodies into immortal divine bodies.

Even if the size reaches millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers, there is no need to worry about the inability to completely transform the divine body.

After all, compared to the origin of the entire primordial universe, a single life form is far too insignificant, not to mention that this life form is only at the level of immortality.

"Rumble--"

The endless, immortal divine power containing the laws of wood continuously poured in, and the golden cloud vine began to absorb it frantically.

After merging with the Wood Law bestowed by the origin of the universe, the power of the world within the Moyun Vine began to transform into the immortal divine power of the Wood element.

Energy Transformation!

A physical transformation!

At this moment, the life imprint of the Moyun Vine rapidly merged into every ounce of immortal divine power and every cell.

Having achieved immortality, these immortal divine powers are no longer 'ownerless immortal divine powers'; they are all marked with the life imprint of the Moyun Vine.

Even if the body shatters, the immortal divine power that is broken off belongs to Moyun Vine and can be completely condensed again.

After a long while, on the vast grassland within the world ring, stood a cloud-piercing vine that stretched for hundreds of thousands of kilometers and looked as clear as crystal.

At this moment, the enormous cloud vine was constantly changing colors: gold, silver, purple, black, red...
As the colors shifted, the immense divine power began to gradually subside, but it still sent shivers down people's spines.

Everything returned to calm, and the enormous Moyun Vine rapidly shrank, transforming in the blink of an eye into a crystal vine several meters tall.

With a thought, Lu Jin released the Cloud Vine, which had advanced to the Immortal realm, from the World Ring.

"Mo Yun, congratulations."

Reaching out to gently stroke the glistening tendrils of the Moyun Vine, Lu Jin congratulated her.

"Moyun owes its current success entirely to the master's help. Moyun thanks the master."

Swaying its glistening leaves, the Moyun Vine emitted a gentle sound.

Who nurtured it from a seed into a sapling?
Who caused it to grow 360 main vines, reaching the maximum limit for its species?
And who was it that allowed it to break free from the shackles of life and achieve immortality with an infinite lifespan?
Everything it has now is thanks to Lu Jin.

It's no exaggeration to say that even if the Cloud Vine hadn't recognized a master, its simple-minded nature would have allowed it to wholeheartedly protect Lu Jin. Before long, among the remaining five world rings, the Cloud Vine belonging to Zi Ni Chang also unleashed a surge of immense energy.

This change was like the sounding of a victory clarion call.

The remaining plant life forms gradually completed their energy accumulation and began to advance towards immortality.

One day later, all six plants achieved immortality, without a single failure.

Looking at the six shrunken plant life forms in front of him, Lu Jin felt secretly gratified.

The two immortal-level 360-vine strongest Moyun Vine are at the initial level of King-level strength.

Two immortal-level Bloodthorns with 108 strongest branches, their strength is at the high level of the King-level.

Two immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grasses with ten times the life gene level are at the limit of the King-level strength.

After a brief test of the confrontation, Lu Jin made his determination.

Although the Bloodthorn's divine body is smaller than the Cloud Vine, its divine power is much stronger.

Moreover, the Bloodthorn plant's strength doesn't come from divine power, but from the blood poison secreted from its hollow, sharp thorns that cover its entire body.

The blood poison secreted by the Bloodthorn can effectively corrode the divine body of the Cloud Vine.

However, if it's a Star-Eating Grass at the King-level limit, the Blood Thorn's blood poison is useless.

Unless the Bloodthorn burns divine power, its strength will increase a thousandfold, while the Star-Eating Grass does not burn divine power.

The divine power of the Bloodthorn is significantly stronger than that of the Cloud Vine at the initial level of the King-level. The blood poison it secretes can effectively corrode the divine body at the initial level of the King-level, but it poses almost no threat to the divine body at the ultimate level of the King-level.

Therefore, the strength of the Immortal-level Bloodthorn with 108 main branches is naturally at the high-level of King.

Of course, the strength of the Cloud Vine, Blood Thorn, and Star-Eating Grass with ten times the life gene is said to be at the initial, advanced, and extreme levels of the King-level.

However, in actual combat, unless the opponent possesses a precious treasure, most king-level experts of the same level would not be able to defeat them.

With their massive divine bodies, the Moyun Vine and its companions may not be able to easily crush opponents of the same level, but they can remain undefeated in most battles against opponents of the same level.

The 108 main branches of the Bloodthorn stretch for 100,000 kilometers, the 360 ​​main vines of the Cloud Vine stretch for 300,000 kilometers, and the 1,000 main vines of the Star-Eating Grass stretch for a million kilometers.

Such a massive divine body, its 'health bar' is long enough to make most other kings of the same level despair.

It is precisely because the size of the divine body of immortals and above is equal to the length of the 'health bar' that the human race, as one of the six peak races in the universe, has a very small number of invincible kings and top universe overlords.

With six bodyguards of such strength protecting him, Lu Jin felt an unprecedented sense of security at this moment.

Although three of the plants belonged to Zi Nishang, weren't Zi Nishang's plants also his own?

Having been crowned king and rendered invincible, he has nothing to fear!

Well, except for illusionists, who are creatures that the weak despise.

Since the Cloud Vine, Bloodthorn, and Star-Eating Grass do not possess souls, they are immune to all soul attacks, but they cannot launch soul attacks themselves, nor can they defend him against soul attacks from his opponents.

Once he faces an illusionist opponent who cannot be instantly killed by them, he himself will become his greatest fatal weakness.

It can only be said that the revolution has not yet succeeded, and has only just taken a small step. Comrade Lu Jin still needs to work hard.

After all, it was the plant life that was powerful, not himself.

Even so, it did not diminish Lu Jin's joy at this moment.

Moreover, this cultivation experience made Lu Jin deeply aware of the extraordinary power of the Immortal-grade Life Source Crystal in cultivating Immortal-grade plant life.

Taking Moyun Vine and Blood Thorn as examples, they only consumed one hundred and three hundred Immortal-grade Life Source Crystals respectively to break through from the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord to the Immortal level.

Even for a Star-Eating Grass with ten times the life gene, the breakthrough only requires ten thousand Immortal-grade Life Source Crystals.

The corpse of an immortal green mantis was sold to him by the Cosmic Galaxy Bank for 1000 Chaos Units, which could be decomposed into more than 3,000 immortal-level life source crystals.

Excluding the effects of the tenfold life gene, cultivating a Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass at the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord into an Immortal-level Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass only costs the equivalent of a few hundred Mixed Yuan Units.

From the seed stage to the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord, only a fraction of the progress is towards immortality.

But how much would it take Luo Feng in the original novel to cultivate the Immortal-level Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass?

Nearly 1200 billion virtual universe company points!
If you were to exchange it using only Hunyuan units, that would amount to nearly 1200 billion Hunyuan units!
Furthermore, the success rate is only 30%, not guaranteed.

"Lu Jin, I feel their auras are incredibly strong, as if they're all above mine?"

At this moment, Zi Nishang's surprised voice came from behind Lu Jin.

"It's not just a feeling, it's the truth."

Lu Jin said with a smile.

You, a mere 'blank slate' at the peak of the Marquis title, dare to compare yourself to the initial level of the King title, or even the ultimate level of the King title?
Huh? I'm a stellar-class being?
Fine then, I, this little rascal Kun, will shut up.

"Disgusting~"

Zi Nishang rolled her eyes.

"Haha~, Ni Chang, here, take these seven Law Godheads and refine them."

As he spoke, Lu Jin took out seven Law Godheads representing gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and light, and handed them to Zi Ni Chang.

One can refine a Law Godhead multiple times, including Law Beads and Domain Beads. However, if the attributes are duplicated, only the highest value will be used.

Having mastered all eight lower-level laws will benefit Zi Ni Chang's development as a future treasure refiner.

"Isn't this a bit wasteful?"

Zi Nishang said hesitantly.

"Without mastering the laws of other attributes, how will you refine treasures of other attributes in the future?"

I look forward to the day when my daughter, Ni Chang, can forge a powerful treasure, perhaps even a supreme treasure.

Lu Jin said with a smile.

"Master~, meeting you is the greatest luck in Ni Chang's life."

Zi Nishang leaned over and left a warm kiss on Lu Jin's earlobe.

Lu Jin: "."

Is this another test for young cadres?

Don't think that just because you're immortal, I can't defeat you!
One week later, on the desolate moon.

Lu Jin's consciousness sank into the Kunlun Mirror, and his thoughts shifted.

‘Shua——’

A stunningly beautiful figure appeared, clad in purple robes.

Unlike Zi Nishang, who had further plans, Lu Jin directly instructed Zi Nishang to take these six plants to the interlayer of space to establish a divine kingdom after they entered immortality.

Under normal circumstances, a week is definitely not enough.

But who can blame him for having the Kunlun Mirror?
After it reached the stellar level, the Kunlun Mirror's real-time space exploration range has been expanded to a spherical region with a diameter of 10,000 kilometers.

Using the Kunlun Mirror to remotely probe the spatial interlayer and extend the field of view, after confirming that there is no danger in the surroundings, the Kunlun Token is scattered at a fixed point, and then the Purple Rainbow Robe, which carries plant life, is teleported there from the body or the world ring.

If a large fragment of space can be discovered, then let an immortal plant life create a divine kingdom.

If it is not discovered, Lu Jin will use the Kunlun Mirror to send the Kunlun Token and Zi Ni Chang back, and repeat the above operation.

In just one week, all six plant life forms have already established their divine kingdoms.

"Let's go home!"

Then, Lu Jin had a sudden thought, and the two of them disappeared on the moon.

The following morning, in the audio-visual room on the third floor of the Zijing Pavilion, Lu Jin convened a remote video conference with all the senior executives of Yanhuang Weifang.

There were only 17 people in attendance.

Besides him, there were four former Weifang councilors including Jia Yi, six newly promoted Jiang Long, five Weifang district chiefs including Li Dawei, and Li Yunqian.

Back when he took over as the chairman of the Weifang Council, Lu Jin had given Li Dawei and six others apprentice-level and planetary-level life essence. Over this period of time, all six of them had already reached the planetary level.

"speaker!"

"speaker!"

"speaker!"

Lu Jin's projection appeared, and everyone bowed in greeting.

Nodding, Lu Jin said, "No need for formalities, I have something to say."

Immediately, everyone's expressions turned serious, and they all listened attentively.

"I have some martial arts and spiritual master manuals, all of which are of a very high level."

Based on the cultivation limit, I have divided these manuals into several levels.

The first level of the manual allows one to cultivate physical strength by 10 times or mental power by 12 times, while the second level allows one to cultivate physical strength by 20 times or mental power by 24 times.

After the meeting, I will upload the first-level manual to Yanhuang Home and other martial arts mall platforms, priced the same as "World Destruction" and "Nine-fold Thunder Blade".

The second-level manuals will not be uploaded but will remain at headquarters. In the future, all warriors who have mastered the first-level manuals and reached the planetary level can apply to cultivate them.

After the meeting, please spread the word that all Yanhuang warriors who can master the first level of the secret manual will be rewarded.

Regardless of his level of War God Warrior, I will reward him with a life potion to advance him to the Planetary level.

Similarly, if someone masters the complete second-level manual, even if their level is only planetary level one, I will reward them with a life potion to advance them to the stellar level.

As for higher-level secret manuals, we'll talk about that when someone has fully mastered the second-level manuals.

Lu Jin addressed the crowd.

He possessed a large number of life crystals, especially planetary and stellar-level ones.

In other words, the number of apprentice-level life source crystals is significantly less; otherwise, it wouldn't be a problem to pile up all the Earthlings to the stellar level.

Even if he had the resources, Lu Jin wouldn't do that.

Resources can be given as rewards to those with exceptional talent, but they cannot be given away unconditionally and for free.

Otherwise, if a serious dependency develops, most people on Earth will be spoiled.

Lu Jin, who has plenty of resources and sees the Yanhuang people as his future foundation, will vigorously cultivate them, but will not force them to grow too quickly.

(End of this chapter)