Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 267 The Witch's Ambition: Hunting Down the Venerable! (Seeking monthly votes! Guaranteed monthly votes at the beginning of the month!)

"Better?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was shocked. Soul essence, a treasure that could directly replenish and enhance the origin of the soul, was extremely rare and precious.

The soul is fundamental!
When the foundation is strengthened, the potential will naturally increase.

If he could find a similar or even better treasure, his chances of success would naturally be much greater.

"Teacher, please wait a moment. I will bring the treasure over. You will know once you try it."

Qin Ming didn't explain. Instead, he directly shattered the refined souls of a high-level and low-level King in the Netherworld and condensed them into crystals, turning them into the purest soul essence.

Then, a soul sub-body carrying the soul essence and soul crystal is sent through the Netherworld Gate to Earth, and then enters the Qianwu Secret Realm through Earth's fixed teleportation channel.

……

"This is indeed more effective!"

When the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom consumed the soul essence of the high-ranking king, he immediately felt the effects.

Qin Ming gave him over a thousand soul essences as his first gift, and then gave him more several times over, all of which he absorbed to strengthen his own soul.

However, this time the soul crystal was several times more effective.

"Where are you from?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was surprised and asked in confusion.

"This one……"

Qin Ming hesitated for a moment, then made a decision in his heart.

He had always intended to reveal the matter of condensing the essence of the soul, and developing the branch poles of the Myriad Soul Banner was something he was bound to do.

The River of Souls has devoured a large amount of soul essence, and its body has already exceeded 500 million kilometers, but it is still impossible for it to grow to the 12 light-year limit of the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.

There is still a huge gap.

"Hmm? Does this involve some of your secrets? If it's inconvenient to talk about, then you don't have to."

When the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom saw Qin Ming hesitate, he had already guessed that Qin Ming had a secret.

The strongest genius in the billions of years of human history in the primordial universe would be strange if he didn't have any secrets.

"No, teacher. I'm thinking about how to explain it." Qin Ming shook his head. "The origin of this thing is actually very simple. It's the soul of an alien race!"
This is a soul fragment from a high-level King-ranked being I just slew. Through the talent of the River of Souls and some special methods, I condensed it into a soul crystal!

"what?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was shocked. The soul of a king from another race?
He knew that Qin Ming's River of Souls clone was very special, being a pure soul life form, and possessing the talent of soul control, allowing it to devour souls to grow stronger.

But how could it refine the fragments of a slain king's soul into a soul crystal?

This would be of great use even to a high-ranking Venerable like him.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.

Then it spread uncontrollably. If the soul of a King is this powerful, what about the soul of a Universe Venerable?

Wouldn't that be even better?
His breathing suddenly became heavy.

He currently in seclusion, and he estimates his chances of breaking through are only about 30%, if his soul can grow stronger again...

"That's right, they are the souls of alien kings. I don't have many left, I'll go hunt some more. There are still quite a few kings on the Yanji Continent."

If that's not enough, there are plenty of alien kings in the Star Tower!

"I was going to earn military merit anyway, so I just killed some more for my teacher."

Qin Ming grinned.

"Your ability is truly heaven-defying. You can even collect the soul fragments of an immortal after death. However, your teacher is not so useless that you need to risk your life for your teacher."

"I want to know, can you refine the soul of a cosmic being after their death?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom looked at Qin Ming with intense gaze.

"This should work!"

Qin Ming immediately guessed what the Qianwu Kingdom Lord was thinking, and his breathing became rapid.

"If that's the case, then things are much easier! I obtained the Soul Essence from you, which greatly increased my strength, and I also received Treasure Points from the Lord of Darkness, which I used to exchange for a Treasure."

The teacher has been silent for a long time; perhaps before becoming the master of the universe, he needs to fight several battles first!

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom.

He was already a veteran high-level Venerable, and after his strength increased, he also possessed a supreme treasure, so his strength had reached the level of a cosmic overlord.

They just lack achievements.

I'm confident I can kill some weaker Cosmic Venerables in a burst of power.

"Teacher, do you mean to hunt down the Venerable One?"

Qin Ming was originally worried that his killing of alien immortals and collecting their souls might raise some questions for the Qianwu Venerable, but he didn't expect his teacher to draw inferences from one instance to another.

We must go hunt down the Venerable One!
He truly deserves to be called a cosmic sovereign born from the ancient times of humankind; his decisiveness in killing is awe-inspiring.

The things he was worried about were of no concern to the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom.

"That's right! You know that the teacher has perished several times before, so naturally he has some enemies. He originally planned to go and cause trouble for them after he broke through."

It seems we can collect some interest in advance!

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom sneered, seemingly recalling all that had happened in the past, before looking at Qin Ming.

"What are the requirements for collecting soul fragments? How do I collect them?"

"That's easy! Teacher, you can just bring a part of my soul river avatar."

Qin Ming said directly.

When the Myriad Souls Banner advances to the sixth rank, the Netherworld seems to be located in a peculiar higher-dimensional world. The sub-entities of the River of Souls, carrying the Myriad Souls Banner's branches, can naturally collect soul fragments.

"That makes things easier. You don't need to take any risks. I'll find a way to make my move during this time, and you can collect the soul fragments then!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was in a great mood and spoke directly.

Qin Ming's eyes also lit up. Could this mean he could obtain a Universe Venerable's main soul ahead of time?
Doesn't that mean the Myriad Soul Banner has a chance to advance again in a short period of time?

One of the two requirements for the Myriad Souls Banner to advance to the seventh rank is to have a main soul at the level of a Universe Venerable!

The other one simply extends the diameter of the underworld to 1 light-year.

After hunting down 19 powerful kings, the area between the divine kingdom and the Netherworld that it devoured expanded again, reaching 120 million kilometers, and is still growing rapidly.

One light-year is approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers.

If I kill all the kings on the Yanji Continent, I might be able to kill a batch of marquises along the way.

No, I need to speed up the hunting process!

If the main soul of the Universe Venerable is obtained by then, but the conditions of the Netherworld are not met, wouldn't that be a great pity?
At most, his current strength is only at the level of an invincible king.

Killing the Universe Venerable is indeed impossible.

But Teacher Ganwu can.

That's right!

Qin Ming planned to take advantage of Qian Wu's hunting down of Universe Venerables to push the Myriad Soul Banner to the seventh rank in one fell swoop. This would be even more effective if Qian Wu could hunt down two or more Universe Venerables.

That makes things easier; I can keep one of them to serve as the main soul of the Myriad Souls Banner.

If only one is killed, the Myriad Soul Banner can be upgraded first, and then its main soul can be refined into the soul essence. This can also be explained to the teacher.

Hehe, if Teacher Qianwu breaks through to become the Lord of the Universe through this method, that would be awesome.

I'll ask Master Qianwu for help in killing a few alien cosmic venerables.

Alternatively, we could directly ask the Lord of Darkness to intervene.

The reasons are ready.

After all, his second senior brother, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, had been stuck at the top cosmic overlord level for countless years. The soul essence extracted from the Death Soul Jade was useless to him because his gene ratio was too high.

But what about the soul essence refined by the cosmic sovereigns, or even the cosmic overlords?

Perhaps this will allow him to take that final step and give the Dark faction another Lord of the Universe!
With the Lord of Qianwu Kingdom as a teacher, I'm sure the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace will definitely give it a try.

……

Virtual universe, a primeval secret manor.

After discussing the matter carefully with his teacher, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom, Qin Ming returned to his manor.

"Master Qianwu is going to contact his friends to find a suitable alien cosmic venerable to target. I also need to speed up my hunting pace."

Hunting and becoming a king in the outer battlefield is no easy feat.

The battlefield outside the region is too vast!

Finding the other party was already very troublesome, and once his strength was exposed, those alien races would flee as soon as they saw him.

Therefore, we must obtain sufficient intelligence!

"Go to Hongmeng City; the intelligence there is the most abundant."

With a thought, Qin Ming activated the teleportation. As a member of the Hong Alliance, he gained another teleportation target: 'Hong Alliance City'.

call out!
Qin Ming vanished into thin air and was directly teleported to another dimension.

……

The highest-level plane space in the entire virtual universe, the plane space where the most powerful beings gather, is the Hongmeng Space.

In the boundless, vast starry sky, surrounded by stars, an ancient and majestic city floats suspended.

"Buzz!"

As Qin Ming arrived, one of the countless stars surrounding Hongmeng City also lit up slightly.

"Is this Hongmeng City?"

Qin Ming appeared in the living room, which was less than 1,000 square meters. After carefully looking around and familiarizing himself with his body, he went out and left.

All official members of the Hongmeng City's outer city have the same residence, which covers an area of ​​3200 square meters.

This is a platform for strong individuals to gather and exchange ideas. All of them have the same physical attributes and are at the apprentice level.

"Let's go out and see, King Yechen and the others are waiting."

Qin Ming left his residence.

This is a quiet and vast residential community with diverse house styles, but all of similar size.

The 3 million residents of Hongmeng City's outer city are all directly assigned to individual residential communities, with each community having a fixed maximum of 10,000 residents.

Walking in the street.

Occasionally, one encounters powerful beings unlike humans, such as rock-type, metal-type, and energy-type life forms.

"King Nightfall, King Star Illusion, King Chawu..."

After walking for a while, Qin Ming discovered a group of powerful individuals gathered ahead, chatting and laughing while holding some wine.

There were hundreds of people at a glance, and Qin Ming recognized most of them!

Because the vast majority of them are powerful figures who have been granted the title of King in the Yanji Continent.

"Haha, Prince Yuanyue, I've finally been waiting for you!"

"We've been waiting for you for so long."

Before entering, Qin Ming had informed Ye Chenwang and the others, and they arranged to meet in Hongmeng City.

Having a few acquaintances makes it much easier to obtain information about the alien race's conferment of kingship.

"Haha, checking information about Hongmeng City took a little time."

Qin Ming wasn't intimidated at all; he laughed loudly and walked over.

(End of this chapter)