Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 96 Bloodline Source Crystal

In this way, the two genius realm masters will have different levels of progress in comprehending the higher-level laws during their lifetimes.

As long as there are enough Immortal-level Life Source Crystals, Zi Ni Chang's divine body level can at least reach the level of barely becoming a Marquis, and at most reach the peak of becoming a Marquis.

Including the tenfold increase in life genes, the strength of the divine body ranges from the initial stage of the King-level to the peak stage of the King-level, possessing 10000 to nearly 100,000 times the power of a peak ninth-level World Lord.

The next day, Lu Jin arrived at Azure Star and retrieved the two ordered corpses of genius world lords from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

Returning to the castle he had rented before, where the lease was still valid, Lu Jin entered the World Ring again and stored the corpses of the two genius world lords into the Demon Refining Pot.

One of the corpses was slightly smaller, but still several hundred meters long.

The enormous corpse had two heads, four thick hooves, and its entire body was covered in scales. Except for the empty eye sockets, the corpse was intact.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the illusionist who makes the move.

According to information provided by the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, the corpse belongs to the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, one of the eighteen royal families of the demon race.

He has comprehended both the laws of time and space, but primarily the laws of space, reaching the level of recognition of the fundamental laws of space. However, the eyeball of this Time-Space Nightmare Beast, which is of great value, was gouged out beforehand.

The other corpse was a giant wolf with blue fur all over its body, and a length of ten kilometers.

According to information provided by the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, the wolf corpse belongs to the Sirius Clan, one of the eighteen royal clans of the demon race, and has comprehended the laws of wind and time.

However, the giant wolf's corpse was somewhat mutilated. There was a hole in its chest that ran through its entire body, half of its left hind leg was missing, and half of its buttocks and tail were also smashed.

Fortunately, the rest of the parts were still intact, and since it was from the Sirius Clan, one of the royal families of the demon race, Lu Jin did not ask for a replacement when he went to pick up the goods.

To be honest, Lu Jin was somewhat surprised that he was able to buy two corpses of genius world lords from the royal family of the demon race, and one of them was a member of the Sirius race whose racial life genes were six times stronger.

However, upon further reflection, Lu Jin realized that the corpses of the Sirius Clan didn't seem to be very valuable.

Having a genetic level that is six times higher than normal is indeed remarkable.

In terms of bloodline alone, it can be said to be second only to the twelve top bloodlines of the Starry Sky Beasts.

However, a mere 6 times the life gene is not worth the attention of those with the clone technique, and it's not of much use to those without it, at most only for making bloodline potions.

Even if the corpse of the World Lord-level Sirius is sold for 100,000 Chaos Units, the Cosmic Galaxy Bank will not lose money.

After all, this was just a corpse, not a living, soul-enslaved genius realm lord of the demon race.

Soon, the two corpses inside the Demon Refining Pot vanished into nothingness, transforming into various resources.

'Yao Yao, did you pocket it?'

Lu Jin, who had been watching the corpse decomposition process closely, frowned and asked the spirit of the Demon Refining Pot, Yao Yao, in his mind.

After the corpse of the Time-Space Nightmare Beast was decomposed, apart from the World Lord-level Life Source Crystal, other items such as Law Beads were nowhere to be found.

On the contrary, this corpse of the blue-haired wolf not only yielded a World Lord-level Life Source Crystal, a lower-level Wind Law Bead, and a higher-level Time Law Bead, but also a crystal-red rhomboid crystal with numerous facets.

Soon, the spirit of the Demon Refining Pot, Yao Yao, explained the whole story.

The reason why only World Lord-level Life Source Crystals could be extracted from the corpse of this Time-Space Nightmare Beast is because it was not dead.

To be precise, he was resurrected after death by reversing time.

Given that the Time-Space Nightmare Beast has been resurrected, the corpse in Lu Jin's hand can be understood as a part of the Time-Space Nightmare Beast's body.

Decomposing only a part of the body of a living being will yield only the life crystal of the corresponding level.

To obtain resources other than Life Source Crystals, one must meet a prerequisite: the current state of the life form must be death.

'Damn it~, you're a money-loser!'

After understanding this mechanism, Lu Jin couldn't help but curse inwardly.

I spent a full 100,000 Chaos Units to get some World Lord-level Life Source Crystals?

He has never suffered such a great loss in his life!
Fortunately, he lost money on the corpse of the Time-Space Nightmare Beast.

But he made a fortune from the other Sirius corpse.

The higher-level law beads are divided into three levels: entry level, minor success level, and major success level. Above these are the divine sparks of time or space laws.

This includes those who have not yet formally crossed the threshold but are in the stage of gradual comprehension, and their understanding of the laws of the entry-level superior law beads, corresponding to ordinary primary immortal military lords to peak immortal military lords.

The understanding of laws from a minor-level high-ranking law bead corresponds to the level from barely reaching the peak of the Marquis rank.

This includes the understanding of the laws of a high-level law bead that has not yet formally comprehended one of the three great mysteries of the superior laws, but is in the initial stage of comprehension. This corresponds to the peak of the kingship, from the time when one barely manages to become a king to when one has fully comprehended all three mysteries.

In terms of understanding the laws of time, this blue-haired celestial wolf is at the level of acknowledging the fundamental laws.

According to the Demon Refining Pot's classification of Law Beads, it is at the Minor Completion level.

Furthermore, it's not just that it has just gained the recognition of the fundamental laws, but rather that it has reached the peak of the level of recognition by the fundamental laws.

It can be said that if this green-haired wolf comprehends the Law of Wind and breaks through to immortality, it will directly become a peak Marquis-level expert with six times the life gene, enough to easily defeat Huyanbo.

It was within Lu Jin's expectations that the corpse of the green-haired wolf could produce two Law Beads; any genius Realm Lord would possess one.

Unless, like the corpse of the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, it was resurrected by the Lord of the Universe or a true god before being decomposed by the Demon Refining Pot.

Unexpectedly, and in Lu Jin's opinion, the one who had made the biggest profit was the bright red rhomboid crystal with numerous facets.

The crystals are small, only the size of an egg, but they have a great many facets on their surface, as many as 10081.

Moreover, upon closer inspection, one can discover six tiny golden specks within this bright red rhomboid crystal.

—Bloodline Source Crystal, which can enhance the level of life genes after being refined.

The tiny golden specks within the bloodline crystal represent the multiplication of life genes.

Six golden dots represent six times the amount of life genes.

Life forms with a life gene level below six times can raise their life gene level to six times after refining this bloodline source crystal.

If the level of life genes reaches six times or more, there will be no effect, but there will also be no adverse effects.

Not to mention the numerous World Lord-level Life Source Crystals extracted from the decomposition of the Sirius corpse, as well as the two Law Beads, this Bloodline Source Crystal with six times the genetic value alone is enough to make Lu Jin a fortune.

If it were to be sold, its value would far exceed the purchase price of a corpse worth 100,000 Hunyuan units.

It could fetch at least several hundred billion Chaos Units, and it's not impossible to even exchange it for a regular treasure.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin forced the Blood Thorn, which was attached to his left wrist, out of his body, and then threw the Bloodline Source Crystal to the Blood Thorn.

Bloodline Source Crystals are inconvenient to sell, so they can only be kept for personal use.

His life genes, along with those of Zi Ni Chang and the two Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grasses, have all reached tenfold. In terms of maximizing efficacy, using them on Blood Thorn is the most cost-effective option.

Of course, after achieving six times the life gene, Bloodthorn will enter a period of 'weakness'.

A six-fold increase in the level of life genes is equivalent to a six-fold increase in the strength of the divine body.

The bloodline crystal will not supply the enormous divine power required for the enhancement of the divine body's strength; the refiner must find a way to achieve this himself.

The Bloodthorn Divine Body spreads out over 100,000 kilometers. Lu Jin was reluctant to use Immortal-level Life Source Crystals to build it up, so he let it connect with the origin of the universe and absorb divine power on its own.

Fortunately, the situation with Bloodthorn is different from when the divine body is severely damaged; the efficiency of absorbing divine power is calculated based on when the divine body is intact.

Otherwise, without the original treasure and without any additional resources, by the time Bloodthorn's divine body recovers, he might have already become the Lord of the Universe through some kind of cheat code.

Then, Lu Jin took out the minor-grade Time Law Bead and put it into a World Ring.

Inside the World Ring, Zi Ni Chang was refining the Time Law Bead that the Azure-haired Heavenly Wolf Realm Lord had dropped. The refining speed of the Law Bead was very fast; half an hour later, a powerful aura of law descended into the World Ring.

The next moment, a drop of transparent water appeared out of thin air and fell into Zi Nishang's body, leaving a mark on her brow before being completely concealed.

Not long after, Zi Ni Chang, who had refined the Time Law Bead, opened her eyes.

At this moment, Zi Nishang's understanding of the laws of time has reached the peak of ordinary Marquis.

The physical strength of an ordinary Marquis at the peak is nearly ten thousand times that of a ninth-level World Lord at the peak. Zi Ni Chang possesses ten times the life genes, so her physical strength is at its upper limit of nearly one hundred thousand times that of a ninth-level World Lord at the peak.

With a thought, Lu Jin conjured up thousands of immortal-level life source crystals.

"Ni Chang, raise your divine body to its maximum level as soon as possible."

Lu Jin pointed to the Immortal-grade Life Source Crystal that he had taken out of the Demon Refining Pot.

As a plant life form, the immortal-level Bloodthorn's divine body is enormous, spanning 100,000 kilometers. He couldn't afford to raise it, nor would it be worthwhile.

But he could still afford to support Zi Nishang, who was 1.71 meters tall.

With the divine body's enhancement space of 90,000 times the peak power of a World Lord, Zi Ni Chang's small divine body only needs less than 600 (Note ①) Immortal-grade Life Source Crystals to reach the enhancement limit.

Of course, if possible, Lu Jin hoped that Zi Ni Chang's divine body could be larger.

A small divine body means a short health bar, and burning divine power is done sparingly. Compared to other immortals of the same level with massive divine bodies, it is at a huge disadvantage.

However, with the Demon Refining Pot in hand, which can decompose bloodline crystals, if one can kill a true god in the future and leave behind a corpse, creating a perfect gene with a divine body of at least 90,000 kilometers would be too easy.

Meanwhile, deep within the demon realm.

In the endless starry sky, a magnificent palace floats.

It was surrounded by flames, clusters of black, white, purple, red, green, and blue flames, each as large as a star.

But if you're far away, you can't see any of this at all.

Clearly, the spacetime around this palace has been distorted, forming its own separate spacetime.

The floating palace resembles a solidified flame. In the huge plaza in front of the palace, a blue celestial wolf with a body length of ten kilometers waits silently.

Inside the hall, a gigantic celestial wolf, its fur wreathed in flames, its body as black as ink, and radiating immense divine power, suddenly opened its enormous, flame-like eyes.

Looking up at the azure celestial wolf outside the hall, the Lord of the Celestial Wolf, who had just finished his 'brief' cultivation, asked, "Qinghua, what brings you here?"

"Leader, my disciple Buster, as a Realm Lord, comprehends the Law of Time, and his understanding is no less than that of a peak Marquis."

But recently, Buster was assassinated by a despicable human, and Qinghua pleaded with the leader to resurrect him.

The Venerable Qinghua outside the hall bowed his head and pleaded.

"Buster? That's the little guy, I vaguely remember him."

After a moment's thought, the Lord of Sirius nodded.

The Lord of Sirius has always kept an eye on the geniuses within his clan.

Although this Buster is not particularly outstanding and has virtually no hope of mastering spacetime in the future, there is still some possibility of him becoming a cosmic venerable, or at the very least, he can become a powerful figure among the kings.

‘Shua——’

The next moment, the enormous divine body of the Lord of Sirius appeared outside the Sirius Palace.

"You should step back a bit."

The Lord of Sirius looked at Venerable Qinghua.

"Yes, thank you, Chief!"

Venerable Qinghua was overjoyed. He bowed his head again to express his gratitude and then transformed into a hazy stream of light and flew away into the distance.

"rise!"

With a low shout from the Lord of Sirius, time within a certain radius around them began to reverse rapidly, as if a movie was playing in fast-forward.

The plaza in front of the Sirius Palace has been visited by many powerful demons and geniuses, including members of the Sirius Clan.

As the surrounding scenery changed, one could see that the flight paths of the powerful figures were all backwards, and they were also speaking backwards.

For example, if a powerful person respectfully shouts "Great Lord of Sirius," it will become "The Great Lord of Sirius" when played in reverse.

Time quickly goes backwards.

Everything seemed like an illusion.

Soon, the rewinding of time abruptly stopped, and the constantly changing scenes of time and space around them also abruptly ceased.

In this frozen space-time, Venerable Qinghua was speaking to a blue celestial wolf whose eyes were filled with excitement and joy.

"Come back, child, time reversed???"

The Lord of Sirius called out softly, his divine power surging forth and transforming into an invisible force that quickly enveloped the azure Sirius, Buster.

But at that moment, the Lord of Sirius suddenly realized that he was unable to pull Buster's figure back to the current time and space, as if it were just a mere illusion.

"Qinghua, are you sure Buster is dead?"

The Lord of Sirius turned to the Venerable Qinghua in the distance and asked.

"Leader, Buster was indeed killed by the human immortals."

"Damn it, humans still have the heart to destroy my demon race!"

The Lord of Sirius cursed.

The wolf died, but it couldn't be resurrected by reversing time.

Even if the Lord of Sirius used his claws to guess, he could figure out that some other cosmic lord had resurrected Buster and then enslaved his soul.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, even if Bust is enslaved and then killed, he can still be resurrected by reversing time.

At most, even after being resurrected, it cannot change the fact that Buster has become a slave to souls.

"Qinghua, relay my order: dispatch the clan's experts to teach the human race a lesson on the battlefield beyond the realm, and intensify the efforts to assassinate human geniuses."

The enraged Lord of the Heavenly Wolf gave instructions to Venerable Qinghua.

"Yes, chief."

Venerable Qinghua immediately accepted the order.

The Lord of Sirius was not angry that his clan's genius realm masters were enslaved by humans; such things are actually quite common in the universe.

Let alone a genius realm lord, even the Heavenly Wolf Clan has Venerables who have become servants of powerful figures from other forces. One genius realm lord is clearly not enough.

He was furious because even though he, as the great ruler of the universe, had taken action, he had failed to save the little guy, and he felt that he was losing face.

You're making me unhappy?
Then I'll make you unhappy too!
If he doesn't teach humanity a lesson, people might think that he, the Lord of Sirius, is just a pushover.

Bonus chapter for April (2/8)

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