Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 323 The Great Axe Bestowed! A Pinnacle Soul-Type Treasure
"Giant Axe! You appeared so quickly!"

The Dream Demon Ancestor looked at the savage giant with a hint of anger in his eyes.

Even the strongest being in the primordial universe could only unleash attacks at the sixth tier, let alone possess the supreme treasure armor 'Dream Scale', so the giant axe naturally could not harm her.

But the sudden appearance of the giant axe proved her suspicions.

This mountain giant is Qin Ming's clone!
The creator of the giant axe probably left a trace of his consciousness on him, keeping a constant watch over him, which is why he was able to react the moment she attacked.

boom!
The Dream Demon Ancestor's enormous body lashed out like a silver whip, its terrifying power completely tearing apart the universe and distorting even time itself.

"The strongest beings in the universe are actually attacking these juniors in the extraterrestrial battlefield. Has your demon race run out of geniuses?"

With a cold snort, the giant axe slashed down at the silvery-white giant tail.

Amidst a deafening roar, the two vast expanses of space-time collided once more.

As the two cosmic spaces collided, the axe light unleashed by the giant axe formed a jet-black axe beam, leaving no trace in its wake.

The universe controlled by the Dream Demon Ancestor seemed to have been torn apart, revealing a spatial chasm.

"Is this the battle between the strongest beings in the universe?" Inside the palace's treasure, Qin Ming looked up and marveled to himself. "That part of the universe was completely controlled by the Dream Demon Ancestor. His words became law, and even the laws governing the universe had receded!"
This is far more powerful than the universe's mastery of spacetime; the giant axe-wielding creator's attack was terrifyingly powerful, even tearing apart spacetime itself.

Qin Ming can also control time and space!
But his World Tree's control over space and time is no match for the Lord of the Universe, let alone the power of the universe's strongest being's words becoming law.
Under Qin Ming's gaze, the pitch-black axe light resembled the destruction of the universe.

However, when it touched the scales on the surface of the silver-white serpent's body, the scales directly withstood its attack!
Ignoring the attack of the Giant Axe Founder, the Dream Demon Ancestor's serpentine eyes turned to the palace treasure floating behind the Giant Axe, knowing that it had missed its best opportunity.

"This mountain giant is indeed Qin Ming's clone. What a grand gesture, to have one of the strongest beings in the universe protecting him so closely."

The Dream Demon Ancestor's voice was deep.

It would be virtually impossible to kill a human genius who possesses a soul treasure and is hiding inside a palace treasure while being protected by another of the universe's strongest beings.

"It really is coming for me."

Qin Ming stared intently at the Dream Demon Ancestor. Although both of them had stopped, the two vast spaces were still intertwined, occasionally turning into particle streams that collided and dissipated at the point of intersection.

In fact, Qin Ming knew this in his heart as well.

As one's strength increases, one will inevitably be exposed to other top-tier clans sooner or later.

For this reason, he put on a lot of disguise.

Try to delay the exposure as much as possible. For example, the appearance of the Soul Palace is a way to attract attention. Also, his mountain giant body carries the 'Thousand Illusions' treasure to disguise his soul.

But it was still discovered.

This is actually a very helpless situation, because as his strength increases, no matter how he tries to disguise himself, he will eventually be exposed to others.

Not only his mountain giant clone was targeted, but also his human identity as King Kagaku.

The awl is in the bag!

This was bound to happen sooner or later.

As for not entering battlefields outside the region and not fighting or killing?

This is impossible.

All the powerful beings in the Devouring Universe have been tempered in life-and-death battles. It is impossible to break through to become the strongest by hiding in a safe place like Chaos City.

The stronger you are, the more you need to face life and death!
Therefore, the Virtual Universe Company established a rule that all realm lords must enter the extraterritorial battlefield and obtain sufficient military merits before they can choose to leave.

The same applies to Qin Ming.

He needs to increase his gene multiplier to 10081 times when he becomes the Realm Lord, so his original core will be extremely solid. To break through, he needs not only a very high level of understanding of the laws.

Furthermore, there are extremely high requirements for self-created secret techniques.

Just like Luo Feng in the original timeline, after countless battles, being carefully nurtured by the Lord of Chaos City, and wandering the universe for 80,000 years, he finally created an ultimate secret technique to tear apart the original core shackles.

It is impossible to do this without experiencing enough battles and crises.

The Lord of Darkness was well aware of this, as was the creator of the giant axe.

Therefore, they never stop Qin Ming from taking risks, but instead have prepared backup measures to protect him in critical moments.

Just like now!
"Hmph! So what if it is? So what if it isn't? The strongest being in the universe actually attacks a junior! As expected, the demon race are all shameless beasts!"

The founder of the giant axe looked disdainful.

Through the virtual universe, he had long been monitoring all the lords and strongest beings in the universe.

Even if the strongest being in the universe can force back the original universe's operating rules by making their words come true, their approximate location can still be known through a vast expanse of darkness in the virtual universe.

The moment the Dream Demon Ancestor moved, he also made his move.

In the primordial universe, how could one kill Qin Ming right under his nose?

It’s simply wishful thinking!
"Very well." The Dream Demon Ancestor laughed angrily, "Since that's the case, then let's see who's the real deal on the battlefield. Do you think your human race can rise up with just a few potions and a couple of geniuses?"
That depends on whether my demon race agrees!
"I'll see how you humans rise to power under the alliance of my demon race, insect race, and machine race!"

“Then let’s give it a try!” said the founder of the giant axe.

The Dream Demon Ancestor gritted his teeth.

She could only suppress her anger, for in the primordial universe she was indeed powerless against the strongest being in the universe, nor could she possibly destroy a top-tier race.

Among the six dominant races in the primordial universe, the most powerful is actually the demon race!
Two true gods possessing supreme treasures, more than twenty cosmic lords, more than a dozen top cosmic overlords, and the number of cosmic venerables and kings far exceeds that of humans.

Humanity has the potential to rise to prominence in the future.

But the demon race is the current overlord. It would be too unwise for them to break ties with humans and start a war between the masters and strongest beings of the universe because of the possibility of the future!

"Then prepare for war, little one." The Dream Demon Ancestor turned and glanced at Qin Ming in the palace's treasure. "You're lucky this time!"

boom!
The Dream Demon Ancestor suddenly soared into the sky at a speed far exceeding the speed of light, tearing through space and time and disappearing instantly.

Meanwhile, the chaotic and shattered cosmic space in the extraterrestrial battlefield has completely returned to calm, and the battle between the two strongest beings in the universe has been kept within the scope of their control over spacetime.

Otherwise, if the two strongest beings in the universe were to fight each other without restraint, the entire extraterrestrial battlefield would shatter the moment they clashed, and billions of lives would perish.

There are countless geniuses of the demon race in the outer battlefield, so the two of them naturally restrained themselves.

In fact, most of the immortals in the seventh battlefield of the extraterrestrial battlefield did not notice it. They only felt the space tremor, but had no idea what was happening.

"Qin Ming, come with me." The voice of the Giant Axe Founder rang in my ears. ...

Initial universe, Chaos City.

The Lord of Chaos and the Lord of Darkness were already waiting there. Qin Ming followed behind the Giant Axe Founder and stepped into one of the temples.

"Thanks to the founder of the giant axe for his help."

Qin Ming bowed respectfully.

"I've been keeping an eye on you all these years, and sure enough, the strongest being in the universe has made a move against you. It's rare for a Realm Lord to force the strongest being in the universe to attack you."

The founder of the giant axe laughed.

Putting aside Qin Ming's talent, his contributions to the human race alone are enough to make him do this.

"What!" Qin Ming couldn't help but exclaim, "Founder of the Giant Axe, you've been secretly protecting me all along?"

"Hahaha……"

The giant axe laughed, "Through the virtual universe, I can always pinpoint your location, as well as the locations of all the strongest beings and lords of the universe within the original universe."

What surprised me was that you were able to block the attack from that Blood Mist Venerable!

The moment the Blood Mist Venerable made his move, the consciousness of the Giant Axe Founder descended, ready to annihilate the Blood Mist Venerable at any moment.

They didn't make a move just to test Qin Ming.

But Qin Ming actually blocked it!

When he was a Realm Lord, he was able to withstand the soul attack and law attack of a high-level Venerable after burning his divine body.

This is absolutely the strongest realm master since the birth of the primordial universe.

Even if Qin Ming clearly relied on some external force, this is still incredibly powerful.

"The founder of the Giant Axe is too kind. I was just lucky to have some opportunities that allowed me to unleash power far exceeding my own strength in a short period of time, which is why I barely managed to withstand it."

Qin Ming quickly replied.

"Opportunity is also a form of strength. However, since your identity has been exposed, the Mountain Giant clone should no longer roam freely in the universe."

The founder of the giant axe laughed.

"This time it was the Dream Demon Ancestor who launched a surprise attack."

If it's the Zerg Queen, then it's a bit dangerous. The Dream Ancestor excels at physical attacks and manipulating psychic weapons, while the Zerg Queen specializes in soul attacks.

Even with the methods of the strongest being in the universe, if such an attack were to erupt instantly, I might not be able to react in time, and there's a risk of being controlled by their soul.

"Controlled by a soul?" Qin Ming raised an eyebrow.

His own soul sea was guarded by the Myriad Soul Banner, and the Netherworld itself had extremely strong soul defense capabilities, as well as the Soul Palace and countless other soul entities.

To enslave one's own soul, one must first tear apart all the soul bodies.

No matter what, self-destructing one's soul is definitely not a problem.

It's simply impossible to enslave yourself.

"The Zerg Queen's soul attack is indeed extremely terrifying, arguably the strongest soul attack in the primordial universe. Once she makes a move, even the Lord of the Universe could be enslaved!"

The Lord of Darkness also looked at Qin Ming.

That was a powerful being that rose to prominence in the early days of the primordial universe. With the Zerg Queen's innate characteristic of having ten thousand souls, the power of her souls was so strong that even he would have difficulty withstanding it.

“I know you have opportunities, but your strength is still too weak. Through my observation, your willpower and consciousness have surpassed most of the universe venerables and are comparable to the universe lords.”

Even with the will and consciousness of the Lord of the Universe... one would need to possess at least a top-tier soul-type treasure to be unafraid of the Zerg Queen's illusions and soul attacks.

And this is still within the primordial universe, where even the strongest beings in the universe cannot unleash their full power.

The founder of the giant axe looked at Qin Ming.

"Ordinary soul-type treasures... her soul attack can tear them apart instantly. Even high-level soul-type treasures can't protect them. I didn't want to give you a powerful treasure too early."

But now you're being targeted by the strongest beings from other alien universes.

As he spoke, a fist-sized crystal appeared in the giant axe's hand, its surface shimmering with the phantoms of billions of stars, and its core containing a rotating star core that resembled a miniature black hole.

"This is the ultimate treasure of the soul category, 'Star Soul,' which can be integrated into your soul to greatly enhance your soul strength and guard your soul."

A supreme treasure of the soul type?
Qin Ming gasped. This treasure was second only to the most powerful treasures. Even the universe masters of the human race probably didn't have it!

Only a giant axe could accomplish such a grand undertaking.

"Thank you, founder of the Giant Axe!"

Qin Ming accepted the 'Star Soul' with gratitude.

With the Myriad Soul Banner guarding him, his strength in soul defense is indeed evident, but the Myriad Soul Banner is currently only at the seventh rank, and his two strongest main souls are only at the Universe Venerable level.

Even with the combined defense of billions of souls, it's not certain that they could withstand the soul attack of the strongest being in the universe.

We still need to hunt down more Venerables!
They even hunted down the Lord of the Universe and promoted him to the eighth rank!

Having a top-tier soul-type treasure before this would be an immense help to oneself.

"You have rendered great service to humanity! You are also the future of our human race! Grow up quickly, and only when you break through to the level of Universe Venerable or Universe Lord will you truly be unafraid of those alien races."

The founder of the giant axe laughed.

"Don't go out during this time. Focus on your cultivation and break through to immortality as soon as possible. The Zerg, the Machine Race, and the Demon Race are all watching you."

"Yes!" Qin Ming replied.

Whether it was the founder of the giant axe, the Lord of Darkness, or the Lord of Chaos City, they were all willing to grant their requests and provided meticulous protection.

I must remember this kindness!
Repay kindness with kindness!

(End of this chapter)