Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 285 Gene Multiplier Explosion, Actions Within Chaos City
The underworld.

The Soul Hall's 72 generals, and most of the 3000 elite troops, have appeared.

"Irina, these are three precious treasures bestowed upon you: the 'Phantom Sea Mirror,' the 'Soul-Shocking Thorn,' and the 'Heaven-Burning Wings.' Familiarize yourself with them as soon as possible, and then begin your hunt!"

Under the watchful eyes of all the Soul Hall experts, twelve radiant treasures appeared in Qin Ming's hands, three of which slowly floated to Irina's front.

On his way to Chaos City, Qin Ming took the opportunity to exchange some valuable treasures on his return.

These were all ordinary treasures, but they still cost Qin Ming 45 treasure points, instantly reducing the resources he had in his possession.

"Yes, thank you, Master!"

A look of surprise appeared on Irina's stunning face.

Three treasures!

Among them, the 'Phantom Sea Mirror' is a treasure of the soul attack type, the 'Soul-Shocking Thorn' is a treasure of mental power, and the 'Burning Sky Wings' is a treasure of the flight wings type.

Although none of them were top-tier treasures, the three of them together still cost Qin Ming a full 12 treasure points.

The biggest prize was the 'Phantom Sea Mirror,' which required a total of 8 treasure points.

This treasure's mirror surface flows with pale golden soul light patterns, capable of unleashing extremely powerful soul attacks and possessing an extremely strong soul illusion.

The scenes in the illusion are composed of the enemy's deepest soul memories. If the trapped person cannot see through the illusion, their soul will be completely annihilated.

As the main soul that has followed Qin Ming the longest, it broke through with a thousand times the life force of a soul. Upon breaking through, it possessed the invincible strength of a king. With the support of three great treasures, its strength was absolutely invincible in the outer battlefield.

Even a beginner-level Venerable might not be able to do anything to her.

"Nan Cheng, your strength is a little weak. But it doesn't matter. By absorbing some more soul essence, your strength can be improved quickly."

When you have enough merit, you can exchange it for valuable treasures.

Everyone else is the same!

Qin Ming looked at the Zerg Queen 'Nan Cheng' with an envious expression from Irina, as well as the many Soul Clan soldiers at the limit and peak of the King-level.

After being transformed into the Soul Race, their essence is somewhat similar to that of a Soul Servant.

Although they are absolutely loyal to Qin Ming, they still possess intelligence and are not puppets. Naturally, they will also compete and vie with each other.

As the Soul Palace gradually improves, it also needs to become more formalized.

The positions of the core 10 Yin Marshals, 72 Generals, and 3000 elites are fixed, and they possess certain authority in the Netherworld. However, the personnel in these positions are not fixed!
Instead, it is based on a comprehensive evaluation of strength, achievements, and other factors!

Those who are not ranked high will continue to decline until they become ordinary members.

Of course, you can also gain merit by hunting down alien races, completing Soul Hall missions, collecting resources, etc., to climb back up.

The capable rise, the mediocre fall!

This is the core operating rule of the Soul Palace.

Qin Ming referenced the operations of the Ancestral God Cult and the Virtual Universe Company to create this model.

In the future, things like drawing upon the essence of the soul will no longer be an unlimited supply, but will require merit!
In the impending surge of extraterrestrial battlefield frenzy, the Soul Hall will play a crucial role, and Qin Ming will naturally need to put in some effort to strengthen their capabilities.

"Yes! Master!"

Nan Cheng, Skull Needle King, Azure Sky King, and all the other Soul Clan soldiers stared intently at the treasure in Qin Ming's hand, shouting in unison.

"Go! Go hunting. The extraterrestrial battlefield will soon be in chaos."

brush!
One by one, the Soul Hall soldiers, all of whom were at least marquises or even kings, quickly opened the Netherworld Gate. Even Nan Cheng, an invincible king, flew out directly.

The hunt begins!

……

After arranging things at the Soul Palace, Qin Ming went to the World Tree in the center of the Netherworld Blood Sea and took out the World Ring given to him by the Dark Master.

wow——

The corpses of the 12 creatures, each at least a Cosmic Venerable and the strongest being the top Cosmic Overlord 'Thunder Whale Emperor' with a genetic multiple of 8700 times, were laid out in mid-air.

Then, the top-tier special life forms bestowed by the Chaos City Lord were also taken out. Although the remains were severely broken, there were still 13 in total, the strongest of which was also a top-tier cosmic overlord.

That was a super special life form called the 'Space-Time Sand Python', which was 12 kilometers long and had a gene multiple of 7200 times that of a giant python.

Because of the great battle, this giant python was reduced to only half its body.

The rest were also broken to varying degrees.

"Thunder Whale King and Time-Space Sand Python were both top-tier special life forms that were no weaker than the strongest World Tree, but unfortunately they all perished."

Almost all the special life forms at the beginning of the universe met the same fate as the eight innate beast gods.

Looking at the remains of so many top-tier special life forms, Qin Ming couldn't help but sigh, as there were many special life forms at the beginning of the primordial universe.

However, as powerful beings from countless races rose to prominence, the vast majority of these special life forms were killed.

Those who did not perish were mostly under the protection of the Ancestral God Cult.

Among the six dominant races, including humans, powerful races either possess special life forms or kill them outright.

"Start by refining the ones with weaker gene multipliers. Once the gene multipliers are increased, then consume the stronger ones. We'll wait for Teacher Dark and the others to deliver the flesh and blood of the eight innate beast gods."

My human genes might even multiply by 10081 times!

Qin Ming stared intently at the remains of these special life forms. With a thought, he wrapped himself in one of the remains, which had a genetic multiplier of 1200 times and a body length of 8,000 kilometers, resembling a crocodile.

hum!
Under the invisible refining power of the Netherworld, the giant crocodile's flesh and blood turned into wisps of blood-red mist, which then condensed in mid-air into fist-sized pieces of flesh and blood essence.

He casually summoned one of the essences of flesh and blood and immediately consumed it.

The instant the essence of blood and flesh surged into his body, a warm current circulated within Qin Ming's body, causing the deepest changes to his genes.

"call--"

Half a month later, Qin Ming slowly opened his eyes.

"After absorbing just one essence of flesh and blood, my gene multiplier increased by 5 times. If I were to absorb all of it, my gene multiplier would be at least 500 times."

And this was merely the essence of flesh and blood refined from the corpse of a special life form with a power 1200 times greater than normal.

Qin Ming looked with burning eyes at the corpses of top-tier special life forms such as the Thunder Prison Whale King and the Time-Space Sand Python floating beneath the World Tree.

Absorbing the essence of flesh and blood to increase gene multiplication also takes time; it cannot be achieved overnight.

Even with a heaven-defying technique like the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," Luo Feng's Nine Netherworld Avatar cultivated for over five hundred years, only breaking through to 10081 after reaching the fifth tribulation.
For someone like Qin Ming, relying on resource accumulation will only consume more time. Even if Qin Ming refines the flesh and blood essence into the most easily absorbed form through the Myriad Soul Banner, this is still the case, because his internal evolution requires time.

"With one burst of energy, we'll push the gene multiplication rate directly to 10081 times!"

"Of course, the growth of the other clones also requires resources during this period."

"Mountain giants need top-quality mineral veins and metals to grow, while the World Tree needs to contain rich life force or time-space treasures."

The only way to obtain more souls in the River of Souls is through hunting in the outer battlefields. Fortunately, the Soul Hall provides the hunting resources, so the growth rate won't be too slow.

Qin Ming's consciousness entered the virtual universe, and he had already obtained a higher level of access in the treasure vault section. After familiarizing himself with it for a while, he quickly found the treasure he needed.

"Star Core Iron Crystal Essence: Valued at 3 Treasure Points. Born from the core of the Star Core Mine in the Star River Secret Realm, it is the essence of Star Core Iron compressed and condensed over hundreds of millions of years, and is a top-tier material used to refine treasures."

"Meteorite Dragon Gold: 15 Treasure Points. It was formed from the body of a top-tier rock-type special life form slain by the Lord of Dragons."

"..."

"Star Tree Core: Valued at 62 Treasure Points. The core left behind after the fall of the top-tier special life form, the Star Tree, contains extremely abundant life force..."

"..."

"Chaotic Profound Iron Ore: 120 Treasure Points, born in the Cosmic Sea Peak Realm, obtained by the Giant Axe Founder..."

As Qin Ming looked at them one by one, he couldn't help but feel itchy and wished he could have them all.

Unfortunately, this is impossible.

Although the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Chaos City were generous, they decided to open the human treasure vault to him and provide him with financial assistance because of the Spirit Nourishing Potion.

However, it's not unlimited; instead, it's given a limit of 300 Arcana Points.

Once it's used up, that's it.

Qin Ming knew very well that this was already very generous. The value of a top-tier universe overlord was only around one hundred treasure points. With these, plus the treasures bestowed by his clan, a newly-broken universe lord could raise his strength to the second tier in a very short time.

Then it's time to go on adventures to acquire resources.

In other words, Qin Ming is essentially receiving the treatment of a universe master ahead of time.

In addition, the more than twenty corpses of top-tier special life forms bestowed upon them made their treatment incredibly generous.

"300 Treasure Points might not be enough to upgrade the Mountain Giant and World Tree genes by 10,000 times. We still need to find a way to earn more resources!"

First, improve our strength, then find a way to develop the second-generation Spirit Nourishing Potion.

After a while.

Bloodline potions can also be sold; that should make a fortune.

As Qin Ming carefully examined the treasures inside, he was also secretly making plans in his mind.

"We must acquire the core of the Star Tree; it should bring considerable benefits to the World Tree, as well as the Chaos Black Iron Ore, etc..."

He quickly selected the few treasures he needed, and his 300 Treasure Points were instantly spent.

These treasures will be received by a soul avatar he left in Chaos City, and then transported to the Netherworld safely and quickly.

……

Just as Qin Ming was taking stock of the treasures and absorbing the essence of flesh and blood to increase his gene multiplier, the appearance of the Spirit Nourishing Potion caused a huge uproar within the human race's upper echelons.

Inside Chaos City, a voice suddenly reached the ears of a burly ape-man, a massive figure clad in golden armor and with golden fur on his face, who was entrenched in his mansion.

"Zhen Yan, come to the City Lord's Mansion."

"Yes!"

The burly ape-man opened his eyes, his expression showing doubt, but he still responded respectfully.

Because it was the Lord of Chaos who summoned him!

True King Yan, an invincible being who holds the title of King in the virtual universe, was originally Luo Feng's second teacher in the original timeline. However, Luo Feng has now become a disciple of the Lord of Qianwu Kingdom and then the Lord of Darkness, so it is impossible for him to become a disciple again.

In order to break through to the level of a Universe Venerable, True King Yan has been cultivating in Chaos City for hundreds of millions of years, but he has never been able to break through that final threshold.

Immediately, King Zhenyan transformed into a streak of light and rushed to the city lord's mansion, entering the inner palace.

"King Yanlong? King Tianyu?"

Following the messenger's guidance, they entered one of the courtyards, where King Zhenyan was surprised to see more than a dozen familiar faces.

Yanlong King and Tianyu King are both invincible kings like him.

As for the rest.

At the very least, they are at the limit of becoming a King, or close to being an invincible King.

"what happened?"

King Zhenyan was completely bewildered. What was going on that he would gather such a group of people together?

"I don't know, I just arrived too, but it seems to be a good thing."

King Tianyu shook his head. He was originally responsible for guarding the Demon Mountain Secret Realm. After receiving the notice from the higher-ups, he went directly to Chaos City.

"I was also training in a secret realm when I was suddenly summoned back by the higher-ups."

The Phantom King chuckled softly.

The True King became even more curious, but he didn't ask anything more. He found a place to sit down and wait. After him, another group of human powerhouses arrived one after another.

Each of them is a core member of one of the five major powers, and their strength is at least at the limit of the King level.

Only when there were 30 powerful figures in the courtyard did a heavy footstep sound come from outside, and a man with a powerful aura, wearing a fiery red battle robe, barefoot and bald walked in.

"Greetings, Venerable Guiyi!"

"Greetings, Venerable Guiyi!"

"..."

A group of kings stood up in unison and bowed respectfully to the newcomer.

The Venerable Guiyi not only possesses the strength of a cosmic overlord, but is also the second disciple of the Chaos City Lord, often assisting the Chaos City Lord in handling many important matters.

"I have summoned you here because I have an opportunity to bestow upon you! An opportunity to break through to the level of a Universe Venerable..."

(End of this chapter)