Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 405 The Secret of the Flame Emperor, the Collapse of the Northern Frontier Alliance

The loot-sharing meeting ended quietly.

“This time, we killed 35 Universe Lords in the Northern Frontier Alliance. Our previous arrangements have also been activated to buy us as much time as possible.”

The Lord of Chaos looked at Qin Ming, his voice steady.

"Understood, I will do my best to improve my strength during this period."

These cosmic rulers could also arm themselves. However, if they were exposed, it would likely trigger panic among the other forces in the primordial universe.

Qin Ming nodded slightly and looked at the 52 souls of the Universe Lords in the sky.

The fact that the cosmic ruler, who had been killed by humans, was resurrected and joined the human camp under the watchful eyes of everyone is far too astonishing.

The Lord of the Universe cannot be resurrected!

What consequences will result from breaking this ironclad rule remains to be seen.

Therefore, when he unleashed his final attack, he did not have the universe lords of the Nine Domains Alliance directly take action, but instead used the Myriad Soul Banner to disguise himself.

"Yes, I will find a way to delay or even eliminate this war! The Northern Frontier Alliance is a good breakthrough point."

The Lord of Chaos City said solemnly, "Time is on humanity's side."

The longer the delay, the more beneficial it is to humanity.

It would be best to wait millions or tens of millions of years until Qin Ming breaks through to become the strongest in the universe, and a large number of universe masters emerge from humanity, before starting a war.

After some discussion.

Having obtained the origin of the soul, the numerous human universe lords returned to their respective places to cultivate diligently. The more souls a universe lord devoured, the greater the benefit to their strength.

This also applies to Luo Feng.

This battle showed him the immense power of the Lords of the Universe and Qin Ming's overwhelming strength in killing 14 Lords of the Universe with a single halberd strike.

After the great battle of the Lords of the Universe ended, under Qin Ming's guidance, he single-handedly stormed into the stronghold of a powerful race within the Nine Domains Alliance and killed dozens of Universe Venerables.

They also obtained the souls of one hundred Universe Venerables from Qin Ming.

After consuming it all, he himself had no idea how powerful he would become.

After Luo Feng broke through to the Immortal realm, his understanding of the laws was already extremely strong, and he was only one step away from becoming a Universe Venerable. With this batch of Venerable souls, it would probably not be long before he broke through again.

After breaking through to the Venerable Realm and gaining control of the Star Tower, Luo Feng's strength might even surpass that of Qin Ming when he was a Venerable Realm expert.

Back then, Teacher Qianwu devoured the soul of a high-level Venerable and broke through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe in just a few thousand years.

Although a large part of this is due to the profound knowledge and experience of Teacher Qianwu.

But we can also see the effect of the cosmic venerable's soul strengthening in this process.

This time, however, Luo Feng could devour it to his heart's content.

Tens of thousands of cosmic venerable souls!
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to kill so many cosmic venerables.

Even the human race initially planned to set traps to kill a wave of alien venerables.

For example, in certain secret realms, a rare treasure might be disguised and appear.

Or perhaps the Lord of Darkness could secretly hunt down the powerful figures of weaker races.

However, this method can only hunt very few Venerables, and it will be exposed very quickly.

In the original timeline, when Luo Feng was plundering treasures on the Primordial Star, he attracted a large number of Universe Venerables, but he only managed to kill six thousand of them, and they were quickly resurrected.

This time, humanity directly annihilated a top-tier power!
Qin Ming himself also swallowed it whole.

His breakthrough was too fast, and his growth was too fast. He broke through to become the Lord of the Universe without ever absorbing the soul of a Universe Venerable.

"Emperor Yan!"

Qin Ming looked at Yan Di, who was reshaping his physical body in the Netherworld Blood Sea, and his eyes showed a hint of excitement.

After killing the Yan Emperor, he read the Yan Emperor's memories and examined them carefully.

The bloodline of the Yan God Clan has not been fully understood.

From the memories of the Yan Emperor, he also learned many secrets of the Yan God Clan.

Although Emperor Yan's actions were quite disgraceful.

However, he is quite talented, otherwise he wouldn't have been valued by the Mountain Master.

Through his memories, Qin Ming finally understood why the Yan Emperor had judged humanity.

Logically speaking, although Emperor Yan was arrogant...

But it's not foolish enough to ambush the cosmic ruler of one's own race for treasure.

There is a virtual universe where, as long as one doesn't die instantly, information can be transmitted to everyone.

He was actually driven to a dead end back then.

Like Luo Feng, after becoming a Universe Venerable, Yan Di also inherited the identity of 'Lord of the Northern Prison' from Zuo Shan Ke.

The Lord of the Northern Prison is an evil cosmic super being whose fame is no less than that of the Lord of the Blood Cloud Palace. His most famous possession is the flying palace-type treasure, the "Northern Prison," which can trap enemies inside.

As required by the Mountain-Sitting Guest, he must kill enough universe lords in order to preserve his identity.

However, it is clear that he disappointed the mountain dweller.

Faced with the mountain dweller's ultimatum, in a fit of madness, they chose to attack their own kind, launching a surprise attack when the mountain dweller was off guard.

As for the treasure?

With the Flaming Divine Halberd, the Primal Soul, and the Calamity Armor on his body, what in the Primal Universe could he possibly covet?
Unfortunately, he still failed.

Everything about the Northern Prison Master's identity was taken back by the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

At the same time, they were also hunted down by human groups.

Although he escaped human pursuit under the protection of the Mountain Hermit and joined the Nine Domains Alliance.

However, it was completely abandoned by the mountain dwellers.

In his madness, the Yan Emperor began targeting the geniuses within his clan, forbidding them from rising to prominence in order to prevent his ultimate identity from being usurped.

Little did he know that the entire Yan Shen Clan had been abandoned by the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

"Tsk tsk, if he hadn't gone mad, this Yan Emperor would still have some heroic spirit."

Qin Ming shook his head slightly.

That's correct too.

The fact that Emperor Yan was chosen by a group of universe lords must mean he had extraordinary abilities.

However, the inherent flaws in the souls of the Yan God Clan meant that the Yan Emperor reached his limit after becoming the Lord of the Universe.

"Go, swallow these soul essences. I want to see how far the Yan God Clan can ultimately go if they don't have soul defects."

"Can we achieve the divine body's power of ninety thousand times, as that mountain hermit desires?"

Divine Power Flow!
The Flame God Clan possesses an innate control over their physical bodies, which, while not as exceptional as the Nine Netherworld Lord's innate talent, is certainly one of the best auxiliary talents for those who follow a divine power-based build. Furthermore, their unique bloodline allows for continuous improvement.

Unfortunately, the flaws in the souls of the Yan God Clan make the vast majority of them barbarians who don't know how to utilize their bloodline talents.

Qin Ming spent a lot of effort on the Divine Power Flow, but he had no clue what to do after the 10081 Perfect Gene.

That's what happens when there's a lack of tradition; everything has to start from scratch.

Although Qin Ming knew that the Duan Donghe inheritance would be born 100,000 years later and he would be able to obtain the Divine Power Flow inheritance from it, he couldn't just wait idly for those 100,000 years, could he?
The Flame God Clan is a good entry point.

"Yes! Master."

The Emperor Yan's expression was complex, but then it turned into respect.

After dismissing Yan Di, Qin Ming took a clump of the soul essence of a Universe Venerable and began to devour it.

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The territory of the demon clan.

"The Perfect Divine Body and the Secret Rune Manual? Humanity must have more hidden techniques! How could just these two secret techniques possibly have produced so many Universe Lords?"

The Demon Ancestor roared in fury.

As news spread from within the Hongmeng, their efforts to win over other ethnic groups were almost entirely in vain.

Humans are very strong.

But it wasn't as strong as I imagined.

These two sets of secret techniques only make the Lord of the Universe stronger, and may not even be as good as the inheritance obtained by the Divine Eye Clan in the first reincarnation era.

This brought a sigh of relief to the vast majority of ethnic groups.

Nine Realms Alliance?

It’s bad luck for them!

This is the thought in the minds of many vulnerable groups.

Humanity's rise requires a target to establish its authority.

Unfortunately.

The Nine Realms Alliance took in the only traitor among humanity's universe masters, 'Emperor Yan,' and naturally became the chicken!

The information that humanity conveys to the outside world will not expand outwards.

If expansion is to be undertaken, the target will be the Northern Frontier Alliance.

This caused many vulnerable groups to celebrate.

Only the Northern Frontier Alliance was paralyzed, internal turmoil was raging, and the entire Northern Frontier Alliance was on the verge of collapse.

Targeted?
If war breaks out, wouldn't they be the most likely to perish?

Unless you are the strongest being in the universe.

Who dares to say they can withstand a single blow from Qin Ming?
The horrific scene of that single halberd slaying 14 universe lords was still vivid in my mind; being targeted by that halberd meant certain death.

Unlike forces such as the Human Alliance and the Demon Alliance.

The Northern Frontier Alliance was originally a group of weak ethnic groups banding together for mutual support, in order to fight against other powerful ethnic groups and obtain more resources and benefits.

But they were defeated in one battle.

This resulted in the near annihilation of two of the three forces within the Northern Frontier Alliance, with only a few Universe Lords still in the Cosmic Sea surviving by sheer luck.

The most tragic thing is that the two most united branches were the ones that died.

Several remaining cosmic lords from the cosmic sea are rushing back, eager to wage war against humanity once more and exact revenge.

However, the remaining cosmic lords had other ideas.

Why would they risk their lives against humans?

What benefits would it bring them?
If even the leader of the Northern Frontier Alliance doesn't make a move, aren't they just going to their deaths?

The special life forms of the Star River Lord and the representatives of small clans are inherently the most prone to division.

Having been targeted by humans, many special life forms and universe masters within the Northern Frontier Alliance are planning to withdraw from the alliance.

They may choose to become lone wolves or join other factions.

These are all good choices.

As special life forms and universe masters, they joined the Northern Frontier Alliance only to obtain more resources, not to fight humans to the death!

Joining the Ancestral God Cult would be a good option.

It is also a top-tier power, and has many unique life forms.

With the addition of a special life form, the Lord of the Universe, the Ancestral God Cult would not let such an opportunity pass.

And Hongmeng also played a role in this.

Through various channels, humanity has declared that as long as it withdraws from the Northern Frontier Alliance, it will not specifically target its Universe Lord, thus relieving him of any worries.

Furthermore, the God of Crafts even extended an invitation to the Lord of Mystic Fire.

The Lord of Xuanhuo, as one of the few special life forms in the primordial universe capable of refining top-tier treasures, is not at odds with the Lord of Craftsmen, but they are also connected.

Moreover, as a weapon refiner, he did not participate in this battle, but focused on refining weapons in the rear.

Faced with the offer of allegiance, the Lord of Xuanhuo was tempted.

They have already secretly contacted the Lord of Craftsmen.

It is no exaggeration to say that, under the manipulation of the Chaos City Lord, the Dark Lord, and others, the once glorious Northern Frontier Alliance is on the verge of collapse.

"We must stabilize the Northern Frontier Alliance! Once the Northern Frontier Alliance collapses, even with the Prison Clan and the Crystal Clan, we will have no chance of winning."

The mechanical father god's voice was deep.

Although the Northern Frontier Alliance lost 35 Universe Lords, it still has nearly 70, and the dozen or so who rushed back from the Cosmic Sea are among the strongest.

Once it crashes.

The strength of the entire alliance will be greatly reduced, and it will be even more impossible to win over other weaker groups.

The Machine Race, the Demon Race, and the Insect Race all border the human territory, making a more intense conflict inevitable in the future.

Miss this opportunity.

The future will be one in which these three races face the increasingly powerful humans alone.

How can they be willing?

"Even if it comes at a cost, we must cripple those strongest lone wolves before humanity truly rises to power!"
Otherwise, there will be no place for our three races to survive in the future.

(End of this chapter)