Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 370 With the support of the Lord of the Divine Witches, the Reform Begins

Enabling the Netherworld God Kingdom to produce more powerful human beings is no easy task.

For Qin Ming to be considered a strongman, he would at least need to be at the level of a Universe Venerable, and such an existence would hardly die naturally.

No one would willingly choose to die.

Of course, if one doesn't die, one can also enter the Netherworld God Kingdom, and even, with Qin Ming's blessing, enjoy some of the Netherworld God Kingdom's 'privileges'.

However, this would shake his absolute control over the Netherworld Kingdom.

"No, I was overthinking it."

Suddenly, Qin Ming shook his head and chuckled.

This world is one where personal power belongs to oneself. As long as one is strong enough, it doesn't really matter whether life in the Netherworld God Kingdom is completely under one's control.

I still haven't shaken off my old way of thinking.

Too petty.

Within the Netherworld God Kingdom, there could easily be a large number of normal humans.

However, this would require special arrangements.

The Netherworld is a world for the dead. Recruiting some powerful humans is possible, but they can only serve as assistants at best; they cannot truly become its core controllers.

Human beings can also cultivate themselves gradually.

There are many human realm lords and immortals who have died in the extraterritorial battlefield, and over time a group of top powerhouses will emerge.

Ten thousand years is a long time for him, but for most realm lords and immortals, it is only a short period of time, far from enough for them to grow.

"Let's start with reforms among the human race. Take this opportunity to hone the operation of the Netherworld God Kingdom and also gather a group of prisoners."

Through them, the concept of the underworld was spread.

Then it radiated throughout the entire primordial universe.

A glint appeared in Qin Ming's eyes.

The Netherworld was a crucial part of his plan. It could not only harvest souls to strengthen himself, but also dominate the primordial universe and even the Origin Continent in a special way.

Leaving aside the powerful individuals that the Netherworld can gather.

The simplest point is that when he can control reincarnation, it means he can interfere with the future birth of powerful beings in the entire primordial universe.

For example, most of the souls that die in the extraterrestrial battlefield are devoured, but a wisp of their true spirit can be reincarnated as a human under Qin Ming's control.

A true spirit carries no memories of its past life.

On the Origin Continent, after reaching the Chaos Realm, one possesses the ability to reincarnate. However, since one's will has not reached the God King Realm, one cannot retain memories at birth.

Only after reincarnation, with increased strength, can one regain their memories and find their true self.

If we follow this logic, reincarnated beings in the primordial universe would certainly not carry memories of their past lives.

As for reincarnation through the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, can one carry their memories?
Even if he could, Qin Ming wouldn't hold back.

That would plunge all of humanity, and even the entire primordial universe, into chaos.

At most, only in rare special circumstances can it retain its memory.

When countless immortal beings, cosmic sovereigns, and even cosmic masters who have perished are reincarnated as humans, their probability of becoming powerful beings will increase significantly, even if they lose their memories.

He will definitely walk the path of the soul in the future, and the underworld is the best foundation for him!

It will become the most steadfast foundation for his spiritual journey.

Furthermore, the underworld is also a special kind of belief.

When the capital of the Netherworld God Kingdom was established, Qin Ming named it Fengdu.

The first law in the Netherworld Kingdom was also named "The Black Law of Fengdu".

This was one of Qin Ming's own quirky interests.

But as time went on, more and more beings entered the Netherworld God Kingdom to live, and this was no longer just a simple case of perverse pleasure.

As the absolute ruler of the Netherworld Kingdom, he is also known as the Emperor of Fengdu, the Netherworld Emperor, the Lord of Souls, and so on.

Faith is a peculiar thing; its function was not apparent in the primordial universe.

However, his usefulness will become apparent when he gains strength and enters the Origin Continent in the future.

When the number of believers reaches a certain level, they can even directly become the Lord of the Source World!
Of course, this is too early.

Qin Ming's current thought is simply to harvest more souls, making the Netherworld Divine Kingdom and the Soul River clone even stronger.

"Let's start with reforms in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, abolishing outdated systems like slavery. This will prepare for the emergence of the Netherworld."

After making his decision, Qin Ming appeared in the Qianwu Secret Realm in the blink of an eye.

This place remains Qianwu's core territory.

Every cosmic ruler has his own core territory, such as Qin Ming's Milky Way.

The Lord of Qianwu is the ruler of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. As long as he doesn't voluntarily relinquish his rights as the ruler of the universe, no one will try to deprive him of them.

In fact, most universe rulers are only interested in taking care of their own races and have no desire to manage universe kingdoms.

It's too troublesome and too tiring.

"teacher."

Qin Ming looked at the Lord of Qianwu with a smile.

"You're here, sit down."

Inside the temple, the in high spirits, the Lord of the Qianwu, after having his subordinates prepare a sumptuous feast, spoke.

After the numerous cosmic lords completed compiling the "Secret Pattern Record" within the giant axe's microcosm, they gradually left and returned to their respective territories to cultivate.

It's impossible for powerful beings at the level of the Lord of the Universe to stay together indefinitely.

Everyone has their own ideas.

Including Qin Ming, he will also leave after a while.

If the Soul River clone wants to devour souls, it's more convenient to do so within the Netherworld God Kingdom. As for creating secret techniques under time acceleration, the World Tree clone can also do that.

Now, by unleashing its full power, the World Tree can accelerate a thousandfold within its spacetime control range. After breaking through to the level of a Universe Lord, its spacetime control will only become stronger. There's no need to stay in the Giant Axe's miniature universe indefinitely.

The human beings within the Beast God Realm can also be withdrawn.

The 64 Beast God statues are no longer of much significance to Qin Ming. He is not going to follow the path of the Beast God, so continuing to comprehend them is pointless.

"I'm asking the teacher for a favor."

After a few rounds of drinks, Qin Ming spoke up.

"Oh? Help with what? Tell me."

The Lord of Qianwu looked at Qin Ming with some doubt. With Qin Ming's current strength, what could he possibly need his help with?
That one mountain giant clone alone is probably no weaker than him.

Even though he is a divine body spanning 90,000 kilometers and possesses the strongest innate secret technique bestowed by the original cosmic will, he has the combat power of a fourth-order cosmic master.

However, there is still a huge gap between the two sides in terms of their most precious treasures, divine bodies, and even secret techniques.

He struggled to even break through the mountain giant's defenses!

Aside from the hundredfold increase in divine power after breaking through to become the Lord of the Universe, he could be said to be completely inferior to Qin Ming.

Over the tens of millions of years in the Giant Axe's microcosm, he personally witnessed Qin Ming create no fewer than ten ultimate secret techniques, and he often sought Qin Ming's guidance.

But when faced with Qin Ming's request for help, he agreed immediately.

"I want to carry out reforms within the Qianwu Universe and try out some of my ideas, such as abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to humans below the planetary level."

To further expand the availability of Dawn series potions, War God potions, and so on.

Next, the Netherworld will be opened.

This will have a significant impact on the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.
I need my teacher's authorization.

Qin Ming spoke.

"So that's all? Do as you please. The Qianwu Universe Kingdom is yours to handle."

The Lord of the Dry Witches breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Qin Ming's request would be too difficult, and he wouldn't be able to help even if he wanted to, which would be a disaster.

He really doesn't care about the mere Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

He was the ruler of the universe before, only to pay off his debts.

Now that he has become the ruler of the universe, although he owes even more debts, it is impossible for him to repay them by becoming the ruler of the universe.

When he was in the Giant Axe Small Universe, many universe lords invited him to adventure in the Cosmic Sea, and he had already agreed to go with Lord Youhou.

The Qianwu Universe Kingdom is no longer of any use to him.

He was different from Qin Ming. Qin Ming's talent was terrifying. Even if he only cultivated in seclusion, he could improve rapidly, and he had not yet broken through to become a master of the universe.

But he can't.

His potential was limited to becoming the Lord of the Universe. If Qin Ming hadn't replenished his soul and devoured the soul of a high-level Venerable, it would have been almost impossible for him to break through.

The only way to improve is through life-or-death battles and adventures.

After being dormant for billions of years, and with his strength increasing dramatically, he had long wanted to explore the cosmic sea.

Deep down, he craves adventure.

However, the doubt in the expression of the Lord of the Witches deepened.

Qin Ming wanted to reform the slave system and grant citizenship rights to those below the planetary level, but in his view, these were not big deals. He believed that the human race would convene a supreme council soon.

These will all be swept into the dustbin of history.

Because of the Spirit Nourishing Potion, Dawn Series Potion, and War God Potion developed by Qin Ming, the Virtual Universe Company has opened up access permits, allowing all humans, regardless of their background, to enter.

With no shortage of inherent potential and cultivation secrets, the underlying potential of the human race was fully developed after the upward channel was opened.

The power of humanity's elite is also increasing dramatically.

Including Qin Ming and the newly-brought-down Lord of Eclipse, there are now a total of 21 Universe Lords.

Furthermore, the number of human universe masters will surge in the near future, with 30 or even 40 universe masters appearing, which would be normal.

With such formidable strength, the human race is bound to expand!
Territorial expansion!

Strength and territory are always matched.

Humanity did not initially possess 1008 interdimensional kingdoms; rather, its territory expanded continuously as its strength grew.

Such backward systems that hinder human development, like slavery, must be abolished.

Slavery, in essence, deprives slaves of their personal freedom and the fruits of their labor, allowing the ruling class to possess the means of production at almost zero cost, while also facilitating their rule.

But the price of this benefit is the stifling of their creativity and potential.

Leaving aside the secret methods of enslavement, the most common method in the universe is still control through biochips.

This causes all slave owners to voluntarily control their strength at the eighth level of the cosmic level.

They weren't given a chance to break through at all.

Therefore, this method cannot cultivate strong individuals.

Moreover, slavery is essentially oppression and exploitation, which inevitably arouses hatred and resistance from the enslaved groups.

It doesn't matter what happened in the past.

The great power resides within its own world; no matter how much hatred and resistance the lower classes may feel, it will be to no avail.

However, the three potions developed by Qin Ming tore open a huge gap in this, as most of the immortals born over thousands of years were from the lowest-level races who fought their way out of life and death.

They are still weak.

If not handled properly, it could become the root cause of internal divisions within humanity.

The Lord of Chaos City was well aware of this.

So these topics were also discussed when the Giant Axe Universe group was having their own discussion.

But what is the Netherworld?
"What is this Netherworld you're talking about? Is it related to your Soul Palace?"

(End of this chapter)