Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 355 The Scheme of the Secret Pattern Diagram! The Dark Lord's Shock

"I know my junior brother has amazing talent, and it's only a matter of time before he surpasses me."

Unexpectedly, it happened so quickly; this opportunity was entirely thanks to my junior brother.

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace greeted the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Youhou who had entered with him. After greeting his master and senior brother, he smiled and looked at Qin Ming.

He is Qin Ming's second senior brother and a top-tier cosmic overlord.

Qin Ming also gifted him the "Perfect Secret Manual," which allowed his special life clone to break through the limit by ten thousand times, greatly increasing his strength.

The other two senior brothers were not so lucky.

The limitation that only special life forms can break through the genetic limit of a hundredfold means that even if they were given the "Perfect Manual," they would not be able to cultivate it.

Even so, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace dared not participate in the clan war.

He wasn't Qin Ming; he didn't have that many Treasure Points to buy top-tier treasures.

Without a sufficiently powerful treasure, even with a gene multiplier of 10081, it would be difficult to contend with a powerful universe master.

"Senior brother, you flatter me. I was just lucky."

Qin Ming looked at the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master with a smile. When he first became a disciple, he was weak. The Blood Fury Battle Axe given to him by the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master was a powerful weapon in the hands of the Mountain Giant.

The mountain giant's clone thus embarked on the path of the axe, and through a series of fortuitous events, followed the giant axe for a hundred years, which greatly enhanced his strength and foundation.

After a period of reflection and internalization, his strength can reach an even higher level.

"How could one create such a top-tier secret technique as the 'Perfect Codex' by luck alone? And I must thank you for the soul essence as well; it is far more precious than the soul essence of a cosmic overlord."

A voice rang out from behind the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace; it was Venerable White Phoenix who stepped out with a smile.

As previously agreed, the human race launched a large-scale harvest.

They hunted down some of the universe's supreme beings who were enemies of the human race in the primordial universe, thereby cultivating a group of universe lords.

But who could have imagined that the Zerg, the Demon Race, and the Machine Race would launch the attack first?

Stealing chickens will not lose rice.

On the contrary, the demon race lost two universe lords. The soul of one universe lord is far more precious than that of a hundred universe overlords.

Moreover, the attack on humanity by the three-race alliance is not the end of the story.

Humans were ambushed and killed, but if they did not retaliate, wouldn't that mean that humans could be bullied at will?

This gives humanity an excellent excuse.

Of course, the specifics of how to proceed are up to the Lord of Chaos City and the Giant Axe.

In any case, all Qin Ming needs to do is follow behind and harvest souls.

"Haha, this is also a stroke of good luck for our senior brothers."

Qin Ming greeted Venerable Bai Feng with a smile, feeling grateful to his senior brother Bai Feng.

The materials for the World Tree clone were obtained by Senior Brother Bai Feng through a specific method.

Along the way, his fellow students have helped him a lot.

"Alright, you fellow disciples don't need to keep flattering each other. I have five more soul essences here. One for each of you: Tian Shi, Bai Feng, and Candra."

Whether you can break through depends on your own destiny.

Luo Feng has other opportunities and might be accepted as a disciple by that mountain hermit; therefore, he cannot attend this gathering.

The Lord of Darkness watched his disciples chatting and, without saying a word, took out three Soul Essences and presented them to them respectively.

He didn't have many disciples, but they were very united with each other.

This is also what makes him most gratified.

"The Mountain Dweller?"

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace accepted the soul essence, looking at the Lord of Darkness with a mixture of surprise and confusion.

He is the Seven Star Overlord of the Hong Alliance.

They are quite familiar with some of the past of the human race. Because of the Yan Emperor, the relationship between humans and the Mountain Dwellers is not good.

"Yes, this is Luo Feng's good fortune. The Mountain Hermit even reminded us before the battle began..."

After briefly explaining the situation, the disciples suddenly understood.

Immediately, they felt a pang of envy towards Luo Feng. To be taken as a disciple by the strongest being in the universe, and to be a lone traveler at that, was indeed a great opportunity.

After chatting for a while, the members of the Dark Clan took their leave.

Having received the essence of the universe's master soul bestowed upon them by the Lord of Darkness, they were all eager to immediately go into seclusion to cultivate and break through to the level of the universe's master.

There's no time to chat much.

Qin Ming, the Lord of Youhou, and the Lord of Darkness chatted for a while longer, until finally only Qin Ming and the Lord of Darkness remained.

"What, is there something else?"

Looking at Qin Ming there, the Lord of Darkness spoke.

"There are indeed some things I'd like to trouble you with, teacher."

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Ming finally spoke.

"Oh? What happened?"

The Lord of Darkness looked at Qin Ming with some curiosity. Qin Ming's strength was different from before. There were not many things in the Primal Universe that could make him hesitate or waver.

What is the relationship between the teacher and the old beast god of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance?

Qin Ming asked.

After all the battles are over, he will also need to spend some time cultivating himself.

For Qin Ming, the simplest way to improve his strength is naturally to comprehend the laws of time and become a master of the universe. However, creating an ultimate secret technique, or even the strongest secret technique, belonging to the level of a master of the universe is another path.

Qin Ming naturally wanted to do it simultaneously.

Furthermore, he also knew that creating high-level secret techniques from a lower realm was one of the best ways to improve one's comprehension.

But creating the most powerful secret technique for the master of the universe is not so simple.

During the at least one hundred years he spent training with the giant axe, he had absolutely no clue whatsoever.

This is true even now.

What is the biggest difference between a fourth-order universe master and a fifth-order universe master?
That's the secret technique!
Or rather, an understanding of the principles.

The life gene level, supreme treasures, and secret techniques of the fourth-order universe master have all reached the extreme peak.

A fifth-order universe master is able to create the strongest fusion secret technique based on this!
Unfortunately, Qin Ming knew of one such route.

That's the Secret Pattern system!

The 64 Beast God statues located in the Beast God Realm are the best breakthrough point.

This is not simply about creating more powerful secret techniques, but about analyzing the rules of the universe from another perspective and in a more fundamental way.

Combining the two will be of great help for the future.

When his strongest innate secret technique, 'Soul Domain,' was fully activated, he could see extremely complex secret patterns, but these patterns were far too complex.

Even with his knowledge of the sacrificial runes, he was completely unable to comprehend or understand them.

The level of the sacrificial runes was ultimately too low.

All you need to do is memorize the 64 rune diagrams and the structure of each one! Then, by referring to the complex rune diagram structure of the strongest talent technique, you can definitely try to go down the rune diagram school.

This can be used to create the strongest fusion technique.

Theoretically speaking, all secret techniques are composed of secret patterns!

For others, memorizing such extremely complex runes would be incredibly difficult, and deducing the countless ways they could be combined would be even more challenging.

The only way to cultivate oneself is by taking a chance.

Even Luo Feng in the original timeline only created the strongest secret technique through hundreds of millions of years of 'luck'.

But for Qin Ming, isn't this the best path of cultivation?
His river of souls is most adept at deduction and calculation!
The River of Souls, with a diameter exceeding 10 billion kilometers, possesses deduction and computational capabilities that are simply heaven-defying!

This is the most suitable cultivation system for him!

He is more suitable than Luo Feng. Luo Feng only memorizes by rote, but he might be able to try to understand and master it thoroughly.

If successful, this will be a path to heaven!

In the universe, almost all powerful treasures and secret techniques are closely related to or are composed of secret patterns.

Even a supreme treasure like the Star Tower is no exception.

After breaking through to the level of Universe Venerable and transforming the Netherworld into a divine kingdom, his mastery of the Myriad Soul Banner reached a new level. After exerting all his strength to operate it, he also discovered some extremely profound secret patterns within it!
Furthermore, Qin Ming also knew that the Duan Donghe inheritance, which would be born in the near future, would have an assessment called the "Rhinoceros Emperor Bureau," which was similar to a complex secret pattern diagram.

It can be said that there are far too many benefits to practicing the Secret Pattern School.

Qin Ming could not possibly give up this path to the heavens.

However, this thing is in the hands of the old Beast God of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, so it's impossible to snatch it. The only option is to rely on some roundabout methods.

Seeking help from teachers, the Lord of Chaos City, or even the Giant Axe is the best solution.

He and humanity are already one.

There's no need to hide these things.

"The Starry Sky Beast Alliance? I had dealt with the Starry Sky Beast Alliance a few times while hiding my identity, but my relationship with that old Beast God was just so-so."

After all, he is the strongest being in the universe.

The Lord of Darkness shook his head. The Lord of the Universe and the strongest being in the universe are not even on the same level.

"What do you want with him? If it's something, your Uncle Chaos or Giant Axe might be able to put in a good word for you. Chaos controls the Hong Alliance and the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, and they have a lot of dealings with each other."

Many of the divine power materials purchased this time were acquired from the Starry Sky Beast Alliance.

"Master Uncle Chaos?"

Qin Ming nodded; this was within his expectations.

"As the teacher probably knows, I have done quite a bit of research on the sacrificial rune system. I also learned by chance that there are 64 Beast God statues in the Beast God Realm of that old Beast God's microcosm..."

Qin Ming did not hide anything and directly told everyone about the Secret Pattern Diagram School.

"The Mystic Rune School? A system from before the Great Cataclysm, where mastering 64 Mystic Runes allows one to deduce and create all mystic arts, even innate mystic arts?"

A jolt ran through the darkness, and a sense of dread washed over me.

Could there really be such a miraculous cultivation system in the world?
This is an immense opportunity for Qin Ming, and it is no different for him, or even for most of the universe lords.

Wasting time?

To the Lord of the Universe, time is the cheapest thing!
The universe lord with the largest human population might be able to use this to create the strongest fusion technique, while the fifth-order universe lord might also be able to use this to forge their own path.

However, this requires entering the microcosm of another universe's strongest being.

This is too dangerous!
Especially for powerful individuals who don't have clones, it's practically handing their lives over to the other party.

"Teacher, rest assured, I have a clone of the River of Souls, so I am not afraid of soul control. I am confident that once I enter, I can record it completely, making it another part of my human heritage."

Qin Ming smiled.

"You've given me another wonderful surprise! I'll contact your senior apprentice and ask him to think of a solution."

(End of this chapter)