Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 360 The Giant Axe Strikes! The Human Universe Master's Carnival! (4k-word long chapter, next chapter will be later)

"They really came for the Beast God statue."

As the Starry Sky Ancestor looked down at Qin Ming, who was sitting quietly in front of the Beast God statue in the Beast God Realm, the last trace of worry in his heart was relieved.

It is normal to observe the statues of the eight great beast gods.

Any genius who enters the Beast God Realm will soon realize that the Beast God statue is the key!

The secret techniques of the Beast God Realm may seem precious, but they are actually nothing special.

This is even more true for a universe master like Qin Ming; at most, it can only serve as a slight reference.

The 64 Beast God statues are truly priceless!
Just like the Chaos Stele in Chaos City, it would be strange if, upon entering Chaos City, one did not prioritize comprehending the Chaos Stele but instead observed the carvings in a particular dwelling.

Moreover, almost all geniuses who enter the Beast God Realm will discover that the 64 Beast God statues are a whole, and the absence of even one statue would make the whole thing feel incomplete.

All the powerful individuals who have comprehended the eight great beast god statues speculate that if the secret patterns representing the universe's way on the 64 statues could be combined into one, it would surely form a super ultimate technique.

Very few people can glean anything from the 64 Beast God statues, because they are simply too complex.

Not to mention becoming one.

Without a reference point, there's simply no way to begin.

As the owner of the eight Beast God statues and claiming to be a descendant of the Beast Gods, the Star Ancestor's understanding of the eight Beast God statues far surpasses that of others.

In each cycle of reincarnation, the primordial cosmic will gives birth to eight innate beast gods.

The Eight Beast Gods are the embodiment of the Eight Great Fusion Laws.

The rules governing the universe can be divided into metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, wind, lightning, time, space, and so on. They can also be divided into eight major laws of integration.

The most advanced secret techniques can all be broken down into 64 secret rune diagrams.

In the past era of reincarnation, there was a school of thought that used runes to create secret techniques, taking the 64 runes as individual elements.

By rote memorization, one can forcefully memorize the 64 secret patterns and the structure of each pattern.

Then, 64 different patterns were combined.

However, this method of cultivation has a weak foundation.

It's like buying a lottery ticket.

If you're lucky, inspiration strikes and you might occasionally create an incredible, unparalleled move.

But if you're unlucky, you might spend billions of years and gain nothing. It's better to cultivate the laws normally and try to comprehend and create secret techniques.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng cultivated in this way.

Luo Feng was extremely lucky, and was able to create the ultimate secret technique of the universe master in just 180 million years, defeating the incarnation of the primordial star beast.

After observing for another ten thousand years, the Starry Sky Ancestor discovered that Qin Ming was still only observing the Beast God statue and leaving a trace of his consciousness to continue paying attention. So the Starry Sky Ancestor simply stopped paying attention.

Little did he know, Qin Ming was prepared all along.

Within the Netherworld God Kingdom, the River of Souls unleashed its strongest innate secret technique, 'Soul Domain,' allowing Qin Ming to easily observe the effects of the secret runes formed within.

With the World Tree's talent for controlling space and time, the Mountain Giant's talent, and the River of Souls' talent, he could roughly determine the function of some of the runes through comparative research.

By observing the incredibly precise and complex rune diagrams of the Soul Domain Talent Secret Technique, one can peel out individual small rune diagrams, revealing a total of 108 rune diagrams.

These secret patterns all come from the 64 Beast God statues.

However, some of the secret patterns were repeated, and these 108 beast secret patterns were inlaid together by countless law threads.

After being constructed in an extremely complex way, the 'Soul Domain' is finally formed.

With the help of the Soul Domain talent, one can conduct in-depth research on the Secret Pattern school.

In addition, there are World Tree talents, Mountain Giant talents, and so on.

Qin Ming had long been studying the eight innate beast gods.

When he elevated the human being to 10081 times the perfect genes and created the "Perfect Codex," he obtained a considerable amount of top-tier special life forms, and even the flesh and blood of the eight innate beast gods.

Furthermore, by analyzing the flesh and blood evolution talent of the Myriad Soul Banner, they could study the genetic map and secret patterns of the eight innate beast gods.

These are all part of his rich accumulated knowledge and experience.

At this moment, however, it all erupted in one fell swoop.

Is this the end?

wrong!
Qin Ming had been planning this for a long time, and with the support of the Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe, he treated it as an important matter no less important than the "Perfect Codex". How could he be so hasty?
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The Giant Axe Microcosm is a specially created independent space.

This space is not large, with a diameter of about 1 light-year, but its time flow rate is astonishing, reaching 10081 times that of the Beast God Realm.

Qin Ming's soul river clone, with a diameter of tens of billions of kilometers, meandered within it like a giant python, its waters boiling as it exerted all its strength to perform deductions.

While the human being was comprehending in the Beast God Realm, Qin Ming quickly sought help from the giant axe.

The difference in the passage of time is too great.

This resulted in the River of Souls barely being able to receive information transmitted from the human being.

Deducing the 64 secret runes is by no means an easy task and requires a lot of time.

This applies even to the River of Souls.

He attempted to control spacetime through the World Tree, actively accelerating the flow of time.

However, even with the World Tree's strength, it could only maintain a thousand-fold time acceleration no matter how hard it tried.

This ability is already incredibly exaggerated.

The level of a top-tier universe master is about this.

However, there is clearly a huge gap between their abilities and those of the strongest beings in the universe.

Thankfully, there was a giant axe.

Giant Axe would obviously not refuse Qin Ming's request.

Qin Ming dared not allow the River of Souls, with a diameter of billions of kilometers, to enter the primordial universe of the stars.

Human beings themselves don't care.

It's okay if it explodes; it will be conceived soon.

If the Soul River clone were to self-destruct, Qin Ming would probably go insane!

This is a genetic soul life form with a diameter of 10 billion kilometers and 20% of it converted into the divine power of a cosmic venerable!
Once it falls.

Even if all of humanity's resources were poured into it, it would be impossible to recover.

The Giant Axe's universe is different.

Qin Ming naturally wouldn't have this worry.

When Qin Ming's Soul River clone appeared, all the universe lords of the human race were shocked.

I've only heard about it.

When they actually saw Qin Ming's terrifying clone, even the giant axe fell silent.

This is Qin Ming's true strength!

With the Soul River clone present, Qin Ming had absolutely no chance of falling.

What terrified the giant axe even more was...

Qin Ming's soul river clone, which is a hundred billion kilometers in diameter, can actually 'move'!
Soul-type life forms are extremely special.

Just like energy-based life forms, the River of Souls can change its form at will.

The newly formed River of Souls, in its normal state, is about 10,000 miles long. In its smallest compressed state, it can be compressed to 100 meters, and it can also be enlarged.

This change is essentially a change in the density of the soul's energy composition.

At the same time, one can also use soul control to divide one's own soul into individual soul sub-bodies, while still retaining absolute control over them.

With the combination of these two abilities, Qin Ming can make his 'River of Souls' clone move! Just like a greedy snake.

Or perhaps a flowing river.

Its speed is certainly incomparable to that of a normal universe lord, but its movement speed is much faster than that of super-great divine bodies such as the World Tree.

And this is just one of them.

"These are the 64 Secret Rune Charts from the Beast God Realm?"

Above the River of Souls, the Lord of Darkness looked at the extremely complex runes that Qin Ming had drawn from the River of Souls, and couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

The Lord of Chaos City and the founder of the Giant Axe also had their eyes shining.

They could not have entered the old beast god's microcosm and had never seen these 64 secret patterns.

"That's right!"

A soul fragment flew out from the River of Souls and took the form of Qin Ming.

"I have completely replicated the 64 secret rune diagrams, and you can also study them."

Although I didn't directly observe the Beast God's aura when viewing the 64 statues, these 64 runes are the most important to the rune school.

Qin Ming said happily.

The 64 statues of the Beast Gods are the most precious treasures for those who follow the path of the Beast Gods.

Luo Feng comprehended the 'Heart of the Beast God' by relying on these 64 secret rune diagrams!
However, since the Lord of Darkness and his followers do not follow the path of the Beast God, this point is actually irrelevant.

"You can also try to understand this and gain some insights into the Mystic Rune School. Another core aspect of understanding the Mystic Rune School is the strongest innate secret technique bestowed by the primordial universe."

It's different from the self-created secret techniques.

The most powerful innate secret technique bestowed by the primordial universe is the perfect combination of these 64 rune diagrams, which can be broken down into individual rune diagrams.

The Lord of Darkness nodded slightly, and with a thought, he directly activated the strongest innate secret technique bestowed upon him by the primordial universe, 'Heart of Darkness'.

This most powerful innate secret technique is actually only moderately effective for him.

Those who can become fifth-order universe masters have all created the strongest fusion secret techniques; the Heart of Darkness is more of a reference for them.

"Interesting! Another way to explain the secret technique? Just by memorizing the 64 secret patterns and understanding the structure of each pattern, one can create the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe?"

"Can all the most advanced secret techniques be broken down into 64 secret rune diagrams?"

As he carefully examined the near-perfect rune pattern of the innate secret technique 'Heart of Darkness', the Lord of Darkness couldn't help but smile.

This is another way to explain the path of cultivation!

With the wisdom of the Lord of Darkness, he instantly knew how to bring out the full potential of the 64 Mystic Runes.

As the master of a fifth-order universe, he created many ultimate secret techniques.

In his view, these secret methods were already perfect.

It is simply impossible to improve upon it further.

But what if we directly observe the secret pattern diagram from the perspective of the secret pattern diagram system?

Can this be optimized?
The secret method he created was based on his own understanding of the laws, but it would also naturally form extremely profound secret patterns.

"If all the secret techniques are truly composed of these 64 secret rune diagrams, then perhaps my strongest fusion secret technique can be optimized!"

The Chaos City Lord standing to the side also wore a smile.

This was also a tremendous opportunity for him!

"The intelligence I received says that this is a cultivation system from an even more ancient era of reincarnation, before the Great Cataclysm."

In that era, the cultivation of secret runes was extremely secretive and rare, with very few practitioners.

But I think it shouldn't be wrong.

Qin Ming smiled.

"We can learn from each other through joint study and mutual verification. Observing the rune diagrams of each other's strongest innate secret techniques will be more efficient!"

Other cosmic rulers, if they so desire, may do the same.

That's right!

This is his plan!
It's impossible for one person to grasp the truth as quickly as a group of people can!
They are all cosmic rulers of the human race!

Those who can become the masters of the universe naturally possess exceptional talent and comprehension.

Each one of them is the best of the best.

That's not the most important thing.

This means that Qin Ming can see more of the strongest innate secret techniques bestowed by the primordial universe.

See more ways to combine perfect secret patterns.

The speed of comprehension is naturally faster.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng created a supreme secret technique of the universe, which was merely a fusion of the secret patterns contained in the eight golden beast god statues among the eight innate beast gods.

Qin Ming's ambitions are much greater!

"I wonder if this Secret Pattern School will be of any help to me?"

The founder of the giant axe also spoke up, his eyes filled with curiosity, for he too naturally wanted to improve his strength!

"I'm not sure about that either, but I think it's possible. At the very least, it can serve as a reference, since it's a completely different system."

The collision of two systems can also spark inspiration.

Qin Ming hesitated slightly before speaking.

Is the Great Axe useful in the Mystic Rune build?

Qin Ming couldn't guarantee that.

However, after the giant axe in the original timeline obtained the supreme treasure, the divine axe, he also improved his strength to a new level in a short period of time by comprehending the secret patterns on the divine axe.

From this perspective, it can definitely be helpful.

The use of secret patterns is too widespread.

Even a treasure like the Star Tower has countless secret patterns.

As far as Qin Ming knew, the Star Tower's secret runes were divided into nine layers, each with three layers of secret techniques, for a total of twenty-seven layers. Each layer was more powerful than the last!
In addition, Luo Feng had another reliance in the original timeline: the power to kill Wu!

The first pair of wings is comparable to an ordinary treasure, but with each additional pair, the runes become more complete and the power becomes even greater.

Once the second pair of wings is gathered, one will be able to control time and space.

That's because of the strange and mysterious patterns within it.

Perhaps I should find an opportunity to take the Killing Wu Wings from the Chaos City Lord?
Leaving this treasure to gather dust in the hands of the Chaos City Lord would be a huge waste, after all, it is a mechanical treasure component of the Eternal True God level.

This was also one of Luo Feng's greatest opportunities.

"Chaos returns to ruins!"

The Chaos City Lord, who was listening nearby, immediately unleashed his strongest talent technique, and a deep abyss resembling a black hole appeared in the surging chaotic air currents.

Endless chaotic energy surged into it, making its absorption power even more violent.

The moment this innate secret technique was formed, countless secret runes appeared. The Lord of Chaos City made no attempt to conceal it, directly revealing it to Qin Ming, the Lord of Darkness, and the others.

"This is the strongest talent technique I've obtained. Qin Ming, you can take a look at it first."

With the strength of the Chaos City Lord, a fifth-order Universe Lord, casting the ultimate secret technique is very easy.

"Thank you, Uncle Chaos."

"No need to be polite. This is also a grand event for our human race, the masters of the universe. It's a celebration no less significant than the 'Perfect Codex'!"

　Today's update is a bit late. This chapter is 4kbps. The author is continuing to write the second chapter, which will be very late, so please don't wait.

　　
　
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