Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 109 The Nightmare of the Thorn Ring Alliance

After studying the origin of the virtual universe for a long time, the primordial ancestor personally explained the secret method to Zhou Lin to satisfy his curiosity.

Seven years passed before the ancestor finally finished explaining all those mysteries, but Zhou Lin only vaguely understood them, or rather, he was completely clueless.

"Too difficult, but inspiring." This was the only conclusion Zhou Lin could come to in the end. His Void Realm was at the God Heart Realm, which was a far cry from the level of the Primordial Ancestor.

When he establishes his own path in the future, and reflects on the teachings of the original ancestor, he will be able to learn even more.

What we do today is like planting a seed that will eventually take root, sprout, and blossom into the most magnificent flower of the Great Way.

"This secret technique is too difficult; I'm afraid no one in the entire primordial universe can understand it," the Primordial Ancestor laughed. "Go see Chaos and Giant Axe first; they have something to discuss with you."

Zhou Lin had almost forgotten that he came to the virtual universe because of the matter of destroying the Thorn Ring Alliance and becoming a king.

Swish!
With a single teleportation, the Primordial Ancestor sent Zhou Lin to the Giant Axe Temple.

“Giant Axe, Lord of Chaos City,” Zhou Lin said with a smile, “I’m sorry to have troubled you to wait for so long.”

He no longer felt the same restraint when communicating with these two pillars of the human race. Although he still showed basic respect, he was completely neither humble nor arrogant.

Improving one's strength is secondary.

What's important is Zhou Lin's revealed ability, which is even more crucial than the birth of two universe masters. He can truly suppress the fundamental nature of the opposing race.

You can revive, but the cost of reviving a genius is much greater than the cost of Zhou Lin killing him.

Over the past few years, the Thorn Ring Alliance has been continuously hiring people to revive and become immortal kings, at an extremely high cost.

"Can you kill a demon king now?" the Chaos City Lord asked. "Some of the demon royal family members are indeed exceptionally talented."

“Yes,” Zhou Lin replied. “I’m not in a hurry to deal with the three top races: the Demon Race, the Mechanical Race, and the Insect Race. I need to get the Thorn Ring Alliance first.”

The other top-tier clans are not so easy to target.

Zhou Lin must kill a portion of the humans to become a king.

Otherwise, it would be too easy to expose the truth. Everyone's descendants are being killed one after another, so why are you humans the only ones who are safe?

If this were exposed, those top races would definitely fight humanity to the death, and there might even be an all-out attack on humanity by all the super powers.

By then, members of the Hongmeng Alliance would no longer dare to rely on humans.

“We really can’t rush this.” Giant Axe said seriously. He and the Lord of Chaos City had discussed over the years how to use Zhou Lin’s abilities.

Finally, the conclusion was reached.

If it is indeed discovered that Zhou Lin did it, then the human race will absolutely not be able to bear the consequences.

"You should take revenge on the Thorn Ring Alliance first."

The Chaos City Lord replied, "If this alliance is disbanded, some races will probably choose to join our Hong Alliance."

“When dealing with other forces, you must contact me and Chaos,” the giant axe reminded him. “Your authority has now been elevated to a level comparable to that of a universe lord.”

The primordial universe, the land of the Entropy Skeleton Clan.

Cahill, who had only been resurrected a few years ago, was still with his clan and was currently in the palace, making the most of his time to comprehend the Dao.

“Those who died in the Alliance before were all Elementary Venerables and Immortal Kings.” Cahill saw it clearly: “My current strength has broken through to the level of a Universe Venerable, or at the very least, a mid-level one.”

Once he masters the complete superior laws and breaks through, Zhou Lin will be unable to kill him with a single thought.

Boom!
"Owner!!"

The servant of the realm lord below cried out in disbelief, his face filled with terror, unable to believe that the immortal king he served had died like this.

Scenes like these happen everywhere within this community.

Many who were granted the title of king died.

"No!"

The Lord of Heart Piercing flew out of the palace, and the universe shattered under her rage. Her terrifying aura shook the entire tribe, and millions of her people trembled in fear. She was truly in a state of extreme disarray.

"Who is it! Come out!"

The sound was earth-shattering, causing even the many stars floating above the continent to shake violently.

This was only because the Lord of Heart Piercing controlled it; otherwise, this continent with a diameter of 1.7 light-years would have been completely blown up!

The Heartbreaker Lord manages many trivial matters of the Thorn Ring Alliance. She is usually stern and extremely cold-blooded, and almost no one has ever seen her angry.

Her rage seemed to materialize, shattering the cosmos and causing cracks to appear on the earth below.

All the immortals still alive in the race, and even the cosmic lords, could not bear this emotional release and knelt on the ground trembling.

"Once is never enough." The Lord of Heart Piercing rewound through the vast expanse of time and space, carefully examining each frame, searching for the possible culprit.

But in the end, it was all in vain.

"Let me find out who did this, and my Thorn Ring Alliance will use all its power to kill you, slaughter your people, grind you to dust, and burn your soul for billions of years before you die!"

The Lord of Heart Piercing could only roar angrily at the sky, disrupting the operation of the starry sea and threatening to destroy the ecology of her clan's territory.

It took a full half hour for the Lord of Heart-Piercing to finally calm down and restore all the damage she had caused.

The rulers of the universe are extraordinary beings with exceptional willpower. They rarely lose their composure unless it involves the rise and fall of their race or their own lives.

When the king fell from grace, the Lord of Heartbreak was initially bewildered, but he accepted the fact with equanimity.

She was already angry the second time.

This time, however, it truly shattered the Lord of Heartbreak's mentality.

If they could see their opponent, that would be fine; they could simply retaliate in kind. But the Lord of Hearts doesn't even know who his opponent is.

She even felt that if her opponent had seen what she had just done, she would probably have been ridiculed.

Impotent rage, exasperation...

Such adjectives came to mind.

Thinking of this, the Lord of Hearts' anger, which he had finally managed to quell, surged up again.

Moreover, her clone, who was stationed at the Alliance headquarters, also began to receive news that the group of Kings who had been resurrected with great difficulty in the entire Thorn Ring Alliance had died inexplicably again.

…………

The Thorn Ring Alliance was originally just a top-tier power, without even the strongest being in the universe.

This alliance was formed by twenty or thirty universe lords and a large number of universe venerables, so whenever a problem arises, it is always the universe lords who bear the blame.

"Let's talk about it after our meeting," the Lord of Heartbreak finally managed to say.

The key issue now is not resurrection.

What should I do if I resurrect but then die again?
Do these so-called cosmic rulers not have to do anything but spend their days researching how to resurrect those immortal kings?

Headquarters of the Thorn Ring Alliance.

Lord of Heart Piercing, Lord of Difficulty, and all the other lords of the universe gathered here, their faces filled with rage.

Apart from the two special life form universe masters, the vast majority of universe masters in the Thorn Ring Alliance have their own races.

In particular, they also had some disciples who were granted the title of king.

Inside the Starry Sky Hall, twenty-seven Universe Lords sat around a round table, which was also the highest-level Thorn Ring Conference.

"Let's keep the meeting brief and get to the point," said the Lord of Difficulties in a hoarse voice. "Our Thorn Ring Alliance has been severely targeted over the years, so should we continue our revival this time?"

He possesses a unique life form, and his previous resurrections have resulted in the conferment of numerous kingships. "What's the point of us being resurrected every time, only to be killed by that mysterious figure each time?"

"With so many tribes having been crowned kings, what will happen to their successors if they aren't resurrected?"

“Our race only has thirty Universe Venerables. How could we possibly let them all die when we are enfeoffed as Kings and Immortals?”

More than twenty universe lords were exchanging opinions, and those special life-type universe lords were getting a little irritated.

They have no ethnic group; this is a completely undeserved disaster.

"Everyone."

The Lord of Heart Piercing stood up, her face grim, and said with great intensity, "No matter who did it, killing a million Kings in various regions of the universe must have come at a very heavy price."

Many cosmic lords nodded.

“I’ve never heard of such a method before. The price he paid is probably even greater than ours,” a cosmic lord covered in flames said in a deep voice.

"Correct."

"The price we've paid so far is just one top-tier treasure, and it can be resurrected over time without incurring additional costs."

If someone is resurrected repeatedly, the punishment will accumulate indefinitely.

The Thorn Ring Alliance completed the resurrection twice in the shortest possible time, from the initial stage of becoming a King to the invincible King, all within ten years.

Now, they can easily drag it out for up to ten thousand years.

"The resurrection must continue." The Lord of Heart Piercing said coldly, "This time we don't need to hire anyone. We can manage internally. I want to see who will give up first."

If she knew that the price Zhou Lin paid for killing so many Kings and even Universe Venerables was that he needed to close his eyes and rest.

They probably lost their minds long ago and stopped resurrecting those who were once crowned kings.

"Everyone, we must work together, especially in critical moments," said Zuo Tuo, the leader of the Thorn Ring Alliance and a fifth-order universe master.

The grand resurrection operation has begun again.

After killing those kings, Zhou Lin had already gone into seclusion to cultivate.

There is still a long time before the Temple of the Divine Realm opens.

The Temple of the Divine Realm will only slowly open after all the Divine Mirror Stones have been created. This is an extremely long period of time, at least ten thousand years.

The giant axe didn't demand that he hand it over, but Zhou Lin himself had said that he would only go in after he had strength no less than that of the Flame Emperor.

The first 1200 years of cultivation.

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Random True Artifact.]

[Congratulations, host, on obtaining the true divine artifact: the Phantom Star Spear.]

At this point, Zhou Lin no longer needs to go out and perform miracles; his reputation will continue to increase.

For example, the expansion of the company's business in the virtual world clearing.

The company's number of assassins is increasing, and the scope of their missions is expanding, even extending to the alien races of the Hongmeng.

The more branch offices Zhou Lin opens, the wider his reputation will spread.

In addition, his previous miraculous appearance on North Star had caused billions of living beings on the planet to sing the praises of Zhou Lin, exaggerating the event to the extreme and spreading it far and wide.

"These true artifacts are getting stranger and stranger." Zhou Lin took out the Illusion Star Spear. Most of the weapons he had obtained were not very handy.

For example, the previous Destruction Blade contained the Dao of Destruction.

The Illusion Star Spear is alright, as it contains the Dao of the Void Realm, but the weapon itself is not Zhou Lin's style; he prefers swords.

The weapon Zhou Yuan has acquired so far, Cangyun, is a realm artifact containing the divine heart of time and space. He occasionally uses it to comprehend its secrets, but it is not very useful in combat and is used as a storage magic item.

The magic weapon is already obsolete.

"The Dao of the Void Realm is worth studying." Zhou Lin is not even a fourth-level Heavenly God yet, and is far from having complete knowledge of the rules of heaven and earth.

Opening up a path is even more difficult.

……

He has been cultivating for seven thousand three hundred and twenty-eight years.

“The complete laws of space.” Zhou Lin felt a vague sense of realization. With his talent, he should have become a cosmic venerable long ago, but he had been comprehending the divine heart of space for a long time.

Over the past few thousand years, he has devoted most of his energy to the laws of space. As for other first-grade divine hearts, those cannot be rushed.

With the power of faith, Zhou Lin estimated that he should be able to become a fourth-level god within 200,000 years of cultivation.

But the complete laws of space were a mystery to him.

"The laws of space and the divine heart of space are essentially the same."

Zhou Lin suddenly understood. He was somewhat bound by his own perceptions, and his inability to break through these perceptions made him like a frog in a well.

Looking at the sky from the bottom of a well, the sky seems only the size of the well opening. The biggest taboo in spiritual practice is thinking you have seen through the essence of things, when in reality you have nothing at all.

He used to be like that frog in a well.

Once you grasp the essence of space, you'll feel that the space you perceive is exactly as it is, and everything else is wrong and incorrect.

But above the Divine Heart of Space, there is the Dao of Space, and the Great Dao of the Origin of Space in the Source World. Are these also wrong? They are just at a much higher level!

The laws of space are only limited in their level compared to the divine heart of space, which is why Zhou Lin had this misconception.

Over the years, he had been constantly trying to comprehend the laws of space, but he had always encountered bottlenecks. Now that he had figured out the problem, his progress had become incredibly rapid.

Zhou Lin abandoned all the places of conflict and began to forget his past insights.

“The Dao… is being forgotten.” Zhou Lin felt better than ever before.

Looking back at the laws of space, the three major branches of teleportation, strangulation, and sealing are all vaguely linked to a whole, and this whole seems to be within easy reach.

Zhou Lin took out the Dust Frost Sword and began to draw strange lines.

Space began to change rhythmically under his sword.

The three branches evolved continuously, but eventually merged into one.

"It's done! This is the complete spatial law." Zhou Lin was ecstatic; he had finally broken free from the constraints that had plagued him for so long.

Swish!
Zhou Lin was teleported back to his divine kingdom. He was about to break through to the Universe Venerable realm, and the resulting power would be immense, so he couldn't do it on the Imperial Capital Star.

Moreover, he already has enough reputation points on this Qianwu Imperial Capital Star.

The people of the current Qianwu capital city truly regard Zhou Lin as being on the same level as the ruler of Qianwu.

Although the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was unaware of just how extraordinary Zhou Lin was now.

But he firmly believes that the investment path he has chosen will not go wrong.

……

Within this virtual universe.

"Chaos, how come Zhou Lin's authority is comparable to ours?"

The Lord of Qingdong, clad in cyan battle armor, roared, "I know that the Destruction Venerable is him, which means he's equivalent to a top-tier cosmic overlord. You think you can stand on equal footing with us just because of that?!"

(End of this chapter)