Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 249 Extraterritorial Battlefield Research Plan (Seeking monthly votes!)

"There are new recruits."

"Quick, quick, get up! It's time to greet the guests!"

Shouts rang out one after another.

Qin Ming immediately spotted a dozen soldiers in white armor, led by a man in a golden robe who looked like an immortal god forged from steel.

The immortal god looked at Qin Ming and the others with a smile on his face, and his voice boomed: "New recruits, welcome to the '028' barracks base of the seventh battlefield."

All the realm lords followed him, all the domain lords followed this little girl, and all the universe-level beings followed this little one.

The immortal deities swiftly appointed three leaders.

The universe level, domain lords, and world lords are along three different passages.

Qin Ming and the other one hundred realm lords followed the leader and continued to advance forward.

Soon, Qin Ming and the others arrived at an elegantly decorated hall.

The hall had tens of millions of seats, and at a glance, Qin Ming could see hundreds of thousands of realm lords drinking and chatting among them.

Seeing the enormous number of Realm Lords, Qin Ming smiled.

These realm lords were also an important reason why he entered the battlefield outside the realm as a realm lord warrior!
It is important to know that there are 11 battlefields in the entire extraterritorial battlefield, and each battlefield is incredibly vast. For example, the seventh battlefield is a cosmic secret realm with a maximum diameter of about 110 million light-years.

Inside, there are as many as 100 military bases.

Base 028, where he was stationed, was just one of them.

Yet, in the main hall of this very base, there are hundreds of thousands of realm lords!

As a disciple of the Lord of Qianwu Kingdom and a direct disciple of the Lord of Darkness, Qin Ming knew very well how many Realm Lords existed in a universe.

Like the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, because the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom attaches great importance to cultivating geniuses.

Therefore, the number of realm lords in the entire universe is quite large, exceeding five million.

Humanity's territory comprises only 1008 universes.

Even if we calculate based on the number of Realm Lords within the Qianwu Universe, the total number of Realm Lords in the human race is only 50 billion!
Considering the number of realm lords who can participate in the war, it is less than one-tenth of the total.

There are eleven battlefields outside the region, and each battlefield has one hundred bases.

How many Realm Lords can each base have on average?

The realm lords who remain in the base are still a minority!
If you really calculate it, the average number of world lords registered at each war base exceeds ten million!
This is an absolutely enormous number.

The realm lords within the universe alone are certainly not enough.

This brings us to the topic of human population distribution.

The humans in the 1008 Universe Kingdom are only a part of the human race.

Most of them are humans living in the secret realms of the universe!
And the people of God's Kingdom!

There are many secret realms within human territory, and among these cosmic secret realms are many super-large landmasses, some with diameters of hundreds of billions of kilometers, or even light-years!

The population of some large landmasses is comparable to that of a cosmic nation.

For example, the Blood Luo World is such a super-large landmass.

The Blood Luo World contains tens of millions of world cities.

Every city lord is a realm lord!
These are the millions of realm lords, and there are also some who are not serving as city lords but are traveling outside, or building their own forces, or joining the Immortal Temple.

All things considered, the total number of Realm Lords is at least over thirty million!

What an astonishing number!
There are many secret realms similar to the Blood Luo World among the human race, and some of these secret realms even contain more than one continent.

There are even more humans in the divine kingdom.

Every immortal powerhouse builds their own divine kingdom after breaking through to the next level.

Any divine kingdom is extremely vast in area, and life can be nurtured within it. The number of humans in the divine kingdom is far greater than that of humans in the secret realm!

However, the material life of humans living in the secret realms of the universe and the kingdoms of gods is far inferior to that of humans in the universe kingdoms.

Just like the Virtual Universe Network, only those who reach the cosmic level have the opportunity to access the Virtual Universe Network.

Since the Divine Kingdom Sect can sustain a large number of humans on the land of the cosmic secret realm, why do they still wage war to compete for territory?

Very simple.

War is about territorial disputes!

Why argue?

According to the information Qin Ming investigated.

Just as plants need enough sunlight to grow, if plants are too dense, none of them will grow well.

The same thing!
The gestation of life is also very special. Whether it is flesh-and-blood life, rock-based life, plant life, etc., as long as it is life, it will absorb the 'essence' of the entire universe during its gestation.

Life is conceived and grows by absorbing special energy from the universe.

If the population is too large in a small area.

Humans in the cosmic secret realm, living on a small, large landmass, have a population comparable to, or even surpassing, that of cosmic nations. Naturally, on average, they receive far less 'cosmic essence'.

And 'human beings of the divine kingdom'.

The divine kingdom is located in a spatial rift, not in the original universe. It can absorb far less cosmic essence than the 'humans in the cosmic secret realm'.

This led to a very tragic outcome.

Those are the humans of the Divine Kingdom, the most numerous, yet they can only cultivate to the level of World Lord.

Over countless years, only 9082 immortal gods have been born!
Moreover, these breakthroughs were all achieved through special opportunities.

Without extraordinary circumstances, the humans of the divine realm are destined to never achieve 'immortality'.

Humans on land in the secret realm of the universe are slightly better off.

They, like the humans of the 'Cosmic Kingdom', can cultivate to become immortals, but it is almost impossible for them to break through to the level of Cosmic Venerable!
The strongest individuals among the human race are almost all from the universe.

According to statistics from Virtual Universe Company.

98.2% of the Universal Venerables are from the Universal Kingdom.

And the master of the universe.

They are all humans from the Cosmic Kingdom!

Territory is like fertile soil!

The larger the territory, the greater the potential of the race, and the higher the probability of producing a super strong person.

Upon learning of this situation, Qin Ming was actually quite curious about it.

So, what is the essence of the universe?

Other ethnic groups will be disregarded for now.

Flesh and blood life is composed of a body and a soul.

The so-called essence of the universe here is unlikely to be the physical body, and the physical body has little to do with breaking through to immortality.

So the key to the problem is the soul!

This leads to the thought of Earth. Earth is a planet specially modified by the God-King Sitting Mountain Guest, and within 1000 light-years of it, there is only one planet with life, and the souls of Earth's humans are inherently powerful.

This made Qin Ming even more certain of his guess.

In fact, Qin Ming wasn't the only one who had this guess.

As a pharmacist, Qin Ming used his talent for multitasking in the River of Souls to learn many classic texts related to pharmacy during his 400 years in Chaos City.

Qin Ming had studied almost all of the pharmacist's manuals, especially those on bloodlines and souls, in detail.

Many bloodlines and top-tier alchemy masters have studied this phenomenon and attempted to solve the problem that prevents the humans of the divine kingdom from breaking through to immortality.

The higher-ups in humanity also expended considerable effort to provide support.

If the humans of the divine kingdom could break this curse, then the number of immortals in the human race could increase by a hundred times, a thousand times!
The number of cosmic venerables will also increase significantly.

Correspondingly, the number of cosmic rulers can naturally be greater.

For a race, those below the Immortal level belong to the grassroots, the Immortal level belongs to the middle force, the Cosmic Venerables are the upper level, and the Cosmic Lords are the pillars!

This is a matter of great significance to the entire human race, and may even directly affect the fate of the entire human race.

This conclusion was reached after research by many top-tier bloodline and soul alchemists.

The souls of humans from the Divine Kingdom and the Mysterious Realm contain some flaws.

Especially the humans of the divine realm.

Just like premature babies, or those with congenitally flawed souls, it makes it almost impossible for them to cross the threshold from the realm lord to the immortal stage.

Of course, this is not absolute!
If you're willing to spend a lot of money to give them some treasures that enhance their souls, then it's still possible for them to break through.

For example, the 9082 immortal gods born among the humans in the divine kingdom!
But the cost was too high.

Treasures that enhance the foundation of the soul are extremely rare, and because their innate souls are weak, their efficiency in absorbing soul-type treasures is much lower.

The resources required to cultivate one immortal being from a divine kingdom are enough to cultivate at least several hundred immortal beings from a cosmic kingdom.

And even if one breaks through to immortality.

The possibility of humanity in the Divine Kingdom breaking through to the level of a Universe Venerable is almost zero!
As a result, the higher-ups in humanity naturally didn't want to spend too much energy on them, but instead let them fight for themselves.

If you're lucky.

Or perhaps by sheer luck, an immortal being could be born.

But for Qin Ming, it was not so.

With the ability of the Myriad Soul Banner to refine the essence of the soul, he can easily refine the essence of the soul and enhance its foundation.

What benefits would Qin Ming gain from doing this?

The main thing is still the River of Souls clone!
The growth of the Soul River clone requires devouring a massive amount of soul essence. To grow to the level of the World Tree or even the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, the thirst for soul essence is limitless.

How many can you kill by yourself?

How vast is the battlefield outside the region?

Even if one is very strong, it is impossible to kill too many people.

Furthermore, the excessive killing would inevitably attract the attention of powerful figures, leading to an encirclement and killing by invincible kings.

Of course, he also has many main souls in the Netherworld, as well as many flesh and blood puppets, and so on.

By drawing people to death through the Gates of the Underworld, one can also quickly acquire a large number of souls.

However, this also has a fatal problem.

Those who enter the extraterritorial battlefield are all powerful individuals belonging to the four top clans or their affiliated clans.

Even other races in the universe must be affiliated with a top race in order to enter the extraterritorial battlefield.

Anyone who isn't on our side is an enemy!

The main soul and other spirits within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner are all 'unregistered'!
Once they appear on the battlefield, they become enemies of all sides and can easily cause many problems.

Therefore, Qin Ming had been considering one question.

Is it possible to use other people to help me collect souls?

It's not impossible.

Through the power of the Netherworld and his expertise in special secret techniques such as the "Life Puppet," he was able to refine the Myriad Soul Banner and its branches.

It is very easy to craft some super-weakened versions of 'Dividing Banners' that can only collect souls.

Let them use these banners to help them collect souls.

I will extract some of their soul essence in exchange for enhancing their potential.

They'll definitely agree!
Coming to the extraterritorial battlefield is originally for hunting down opponents; collecting souls is just a side effect.

But this extra step can strengthen one's inner spiritual foundation.

One kill, two gains.

By retrieving their own spiritual essence, they became stronger.

It's a win-win!

In this way, even if he leaves the extraterrestrial battlefield in the future, the strong members of the entire human race can work for him and collect his souls.

If the River of Souls were to grow to the level of the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, then it would truly become possible.

But there are still many problems.

If you make a mistake, you could ruin yourself.

He needs to conduct some research and risk assessment before considering whether it's feasible.

If we were to actually do that, it would cause a sensation among the entire human elite!

You must be extremely careful!
He disguised himself as a World Lord Warrior for this very reason.

How powerful is Qin Ming?
When unleashed at full power, it is comparable to being crowned an invincible king!
For him, entering the extraterrestrial battlefield as an immortal would not be a problem at all, and it would also make it easier to hunt immortals.

However, that would be detrimental to his plan.

During his initial period in the extraterritorial battlefield, he planned to conduct a face-to-face on-site investigation with these realm lords to confirm some of his ideas.

Just as Qin Ming was smiling as he looked at the hundreds of thousands of realm lords in the hall...

"Hi!"

The leader shouted, "The new recruits are here! Among them is a 'World Lord Warrior,' hahaha..." After saying that, the leader turned and left.

"A Realm Lord Warrior?"

"A Realm Lord Warrior?"

Tens of thousands of realm lord warriors who were originally drinking and chatting have now come over.

As the soldiers of the Realm Lords approached each other, their intelligent light brains would prompt each other about their permissions, so the eyes of these tens of thousands of Realm Lord veterans instantly fell on Qin Ming.

Qin Ming also smiled.

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