Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 504 The Giant Axe, Darkness, and the Fall of the Chaos City Lord!
"After a long and arduous journey, we have finally solved the five thousandth puzzle!"

Luo Feng opened his eyes. Divine power outlined the shape in front of him, transforming it into a perfect sphere. The divine power flowed, ultimately forming a perfect cycle.

Eternal and indestructible!

And almost the instant he completed the fusion.

A cold, mechanical voice echoed within the main hall of the Rhinoceros King Bureau.

"Candidate Luo Feng has grasped the 5000th game and passed the fourth bottleneck."

"The successor has been chosen!"

"Other candidates... be eliminated!"

For more than two epochs, all the candidates who had not yet withdrawn were completely immersed in enlightenment, racing against time to break through new bottlenecks as much as possible.

Suddenly, an invisible force descended from the stars high in the sky, directly striking each candidate.

"not good!"

Luo Feng's expression hardened; while he was trying to comprehend the mystery, all his energy was focused on solving the Rhinoceros Emperor's Formation.

Before he could solve the problem, he didn't know if he could break through.

"Lord Duan Donghe! Can you please allow the strong members of my human race to leave?"

As soon as Luo Feng finished speaking, he saw the giant axe's expression change under the vast power, and then a look of relief appeared in his eyes.

"It's a pity that we've been stuck at this level for 5999 games and haven't been able to solve it even after all these long years."

Amidst the sighs, the giant axe god remained motionless.

The divine body remains, but the soul has perished.

Even with the top-tier strength of a level 10 giant axe, it was unable to resist this terrifying power and perished on the spot without any chance of resistance.

The 6000-game mark is very difficult.

If one can solve the 6000th puzzle at the True God level, it means that one has the potential to surpass the Eternal True God and will most likely be able to break through to the Chaos Realm.

Unfortunately, the giant axe still lacked some potential and foundation.

"I'm going to die again."

The Dark God was quite composed. As a powerful being who walked the path of the soul, he could sense that even a cosmic lord with an avatar could not escape that vast power.

They too will perish.

"In just tens of thousands of years, I have died twice!"

The Lord of Chaos City was speechless.

Even a giant axe, powerful as it was, caused the Dark Lord and the Chaos City Lord to fall instantly. Not to mention the other candidates, more than 100,000 inheritors all perished one by one.

"No! Why! Why won't you give me a chance!"

The Azure Blood Venerable of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land widened his eyes, despair evident in his expression. "No, it should be me, the success should be mine!!!"

Then the breath dissipated.

This includes one of the strongest individuals from the first cycle of reincarnation, twenty universe masters from the Purple Moon Holy Land, and twenty universe masters from the Eastern Emperor Holy Land.

In addition, there are 73 other cosmic lords from various races!
They all perished!

Even the clones of powerful beings with avatars in other smaller universes, and even in the primordial universe, fell at the same time.

When the successor is born, all other candidates perish as a celebration.

This is the rule of the Broken East River!
Even Luo Feng couldn't stop it.

The real Duan Donghe has long since perished; what remains now is merely a phantom resembling an intelligent life form, seemingly indistinguishable from a normal human.

In reality, they are the most stubborn, with no room for flexibility in the pre-set program.

As the cold, mechanical sound faded and still echoed in his ears, Duan Donghe's phantom appeared.

At this moment, Duan Donghe was dressed in white armor with countless golden meteor-like rays, wearing magnificent war boots and a helmet, looking elegant and noble, but there was a hint of doubt in his expression.

His gaze fell upon the many human cosmic rulers.

"Where are they? How did they manage to block the soul attack from the Duan Donghe inheritance?"

By manipulating the means left behind in the inheritance space.

He killed all the powerful figures in the assessment hall in an instant.

This includes the human universe master who comprehended it, but when that power extended along the connection between souls, he was horrified to find that he could not shake its clone!

An extremely powerful and supreme force protected the souls of these people.

This prevented the chain reaction of killings from continuing.

Among the human race, apart from the three true gods who did not have avatars—Giant Axe, Chaos, and Darkness—who perished, he only destroyed one avatar of each of the other powerful humans!
wow——

Luo Feng ignored Duan Donghe and immediately sent out the ten thousand soul banners in his hand, unleashing an invisible soul domain.

Amidst the howling sound, the souls and divine bodies of 100,000 candidates, including Giant Axe, Chaos, and Darkness, were completely absorbed into the branch of the Myriad Soul Banner and sent to the Netherworld Divine Kingdom.

Only after he succeeded did Luo Feng breathe a sigh of relief.

"Lord Duan Donghe! Why did you have to exterminate all the strong members of my human race as well!"

Luo Feng's voice was filled with rage.

"That's the rule! Before the assessment, I already announced that Duan Donghe is a single lineage, and when the successor appears, all other candidates will perish."

Duan Donghe's voice was calm. "I think you should all understand this!"

"Besides the three strongest individuals, haven't all the others in your human race survived?"

Luo Feng was speechless.

Indeed, they all know this rule.

Everyone dared to participate in the assessment because they knew Qin Ming's resurrection ability was a safety net, which is why none of them left.

If the giant axe succeeds in the end.

He too will perish.

But when he suddenly saw the corpses of Dark Teacher, Dry Witch Teacher, and a group of powerful humans floating among the corpses, a surge of rage welled up in his heart.

"I lost my temper."

Luo Feng sighed deeply, then bowed respectfully.

The group of human universe lords he saw in Qin Ming's Netherworld Divine Kingdom had indeed not perished; they were still sitting perfectly intact under the World Tree.

"Is this another of the Netherworld Lord's methods? He is probably the only one in the entire universe who could do this. Even the three strongest beings in the universe who perished in your race probably didn't really perish."

A smile appeared on Duan Donghe's lips.

"I don't know how the Lord of the Underworld managed to do that. However, you can call me your teacher now. I am the previous Duan Donghe, and you are the current Duan Donghe."

I am your teacher and your guide.

"The Duan Donghe legacy is incredibly vast. You haven't even come into contact with the most basic aspects of it yet. Once you truly come into contact with the Duan Donghe legacy, you will realize what a tremendous opportunity this is!"
Even in my hometown, the traditions of Duan Donghe are incredibly precious.

"Come with me. The legacy of Duan Donghe is within the inheritance space, and you will inherit it all."

……

The Netherworld God Kingdom, beneath the World Tree.

All the powerful humans who were comprehending the truth suddenly changed their expressions, revealing shock. But then they looked up at the sky in confusion, as if the entire Netherworld Divine Kingdom was trembling slightly.

Qin Ming, who was deep in thought, also frowned.

In the darkness, an extremely powerful and strange force was trying to invade the Myriad Souls Banner, causing the banner itself to tremble.

The power source of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the Netherworld Blood Sea, and the power stored in the Soul Moon in the sky were consumed at an alarming rate, evaporating by about ten percent in an instant!

What an enormous amount of energy this is!
Fortunately, this force came and went quickly, disappearing in a short while.

"What kind of power is this? Is it annihilation of cause and effect, or annihilation of the soul? Or some other means?"

Qin Ming murmured to himself.

This method was beyond his comprehension; it was not a method that should exist in the cosmic sea.

Fortunately, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls is powerful enough.

They withstood the onslaught of the strange power.

However, it doesn't really matter if he doesn't survive. Dying elsewhere might mean he can't be resurrected, but if he dies in the Netherworld God Kingdom, he can be resurrected instantly.

But this time he realized that the power of the Myriad Souls Banner was far more than it appeared.

There are even more profound powers within, waiting to be discovered.

"Giant Axe, Dark Master, and Chaos Master have all perished, but their true spirits and soul fragments are still intact, so resurrection is easy."

Sitting cross-legged in the void, fragments of his soul rapidly gathered, and three illusory figures slowly emerged at the center of the Netherworld God Kingdom.

It was none other than the three: Giant Axe, Darkness, and the Lord of Chaos.

The three of them closed their eyes tightly, and their aura grew stronger and stronger.

"call--"

The group of powerful humans under the World Tree breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they had been resurrected. If these three humans had really perished in the Duan Donghe inheritance, then things would have been much more complicated.

After a while.

The eyes of the three—Giant Axe, Darkness, and the Lord of Chaos—were opened.

"Is this what it feels like to fall? It's really strange. That power is unstoppable and unfathomable. Even I felt a great terror rising in my heart!"
If I could incorporate this fear of death into my axe technique, I could reach an even higher level!

I think I've found the secret to breaking through to the eleventh level.

The moment it opened its eyes, the giant axe murmured.

There is great terror between life and death!
There are also great opportunities.

In that instant, countless thoughts swirled in his mind, making him aware of the problems he had in the past.

"Has he achieved enlightenment? Congratulations!"

A smile appeared on Qin Ming's lips. Having stepped across that threshold, the giant axe's strength and potential had likely increased to another level, and its future achievements were limitless.

Beside the giant axe, the Dark True God, whose soul was gradually coalescing, was also being looked over by the Chaos City Lord.

The giant axe is already at the top level of Tier 10.

Another breakthrough means reaching an even higher level, just like Qin Ming not long ago, who has already reached the enlightenment of the Lord of the Holy Land and is an existence that can transcend reincarnation!

"I've finally figured it out! With the inheritance of the Purple Moon Holy Land and your reminder, I had already comprehended the Ten Basic Laws, but I still couldn't take the last step."

The giant axe sighed!
"Hahaha, it's good that you've broken through! Now, do you want to be resurrected directly, or reincarnated and given another chance?"

(End of this chapter)