Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 141 Establishing Leadership and Spreading Faith
After much persuasion, Zhou Lin finally convinced the False Demon God to come and act as a peacemaker.

The Mechanical Father God calmly looked at the Phantom Demon God, already speculating on how Zhou Lin would end things.

The arrival of the illusory demon god was within his expectations.

The other party is the strongest lone wolf, and they have a good relationship, so it's natural for him to act as a peacemaker and a way out for both sides.

However, the Mechanical Race would never offer compensation; in fact, they would have to take the incomplete parts from the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master for free. Otherwise, they would have suffered a tremendous loss this time.

Zhou Lin was certainly aware of this matter. In fact, the relationship between ethnic groups was not that complicated; one only needed to understand the essence of it.

In the world of Swallowed Star, the strong are respected, so the strongest lone traveler is carefree and can do whatever he wants without any scruples.

But the Machine God Father is definitely not an option.

In Zhou Lin's words, "As a person, you can't be too soft, but you can't be too hard either. You can't have it all without paying the price."

Unless one is exceptionally strong, strong enough to overwhelm all opponents.

The mechanical race lost a universe master, rendered the weapon of the Lord of Balance Strings useless, and even reached the current situation. That is the price they have to pay for their pursuit of the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace.

Zhou Lin led a group of people in a swaggering act of provocation, even exchanging blows with the mechanical race's father god, stealing the limelight. But he too had to pay the price.

“I have a past with machinery, and the Lord of Beichen is my disciple,” said the True Demon God. “Let’s leave this matter here.”

The False Demon God is a practitioner of illusion magic, and he understands people's thoughts better than anyone else. Therefore, he speaks very concisely and gets straight to the point.

Zhou Lin smiled and said, "Teacher, since you've come, I certainly have to give you face. You have a past relationship with the Mechanical Race's Father God, so I definitely can't make things difficult for them."

"Let's talk about the component in the hands of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master," the Mechanical Father God said after a moment of contemplation.

This can be seen as an admission that the illusory and true demon gods have come to an end.

With a middleman providing a way out, both sides can save face.

"Why isn't a single part worth a word from my teacher?" Zhou Lin took out a part and tossed it to the Mechanical Father God without even blinking.

At the same time, the illusory demon god silently took control of this part of the void.

The mechanical god took the accessory, which also contained a primordial star token, allowing him to travel to palaces like Zhenchang Valley to search for treasure.

The strongest person in the universe has an almost 100% chance of successfully obtaining this token. Although it is only a missing piece, with proper management, it can definitely become a top-tier treasure.

The token was purchased by Zhou Lin from a cosmic overlord within his clan.

He paid the price of a high-grade armor treasure and a high-grade weapon treasure. His opponent was just an ordinary overlord, so even though Zhenchang Valley was less dangerous, the success rate was still very low.

After a moment's thought, he readily agreed to the deal.

Normal superpowers would find it very difficult to obtain any tokens on the original planet.

The universe values ​​balance, so those who can obtain the tokens are almost always weak groups. After the original ancestor was suppressed, the human race has not had a single supreme treasure for many years.

“This void is the domain of the True Demon God. He hid the token in a component, so no one else could see it.” The Mechanical Father God felt very displeased.

If he were the strongest lone wolf, he would have immediately lost his temper and given Zhou Lin a good beating.

Zhou Lin lost two high-grade treasures, and the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master's accessory could have been used to obtain another high-grade treasure from the Mechanical Race.

The loss is only a few hundred Treasure Points.

However, he achieved the desired effect, firstly by completely establishing his position within the Hong Alliance, within the human race, and now being known throughout the entire primordial universe.

Those teachers of the Lord of Beichen—anyone who dares to touch them will pay a heavy price.

The Mechanical Alliance, on the other hand, obtained their supreme treasure and also gained an additional treasure hunt opportunity. If they could obtain another top-tier domain-type supreme treasure, the death of a universe lord might not seem so unacceptable.

Moreover, they are not the rulers of their own universe.

The mechanical race's father god was not in a good mood. Whenever the Lord of the North Star was mentioned in the future, he would mention him in passing, and even spread rumors about him.

For example, if Zhou Lin killed the Lord of the Universe with a single palm strike in front of the Mechanical Race, it might be interpreted as killing him in front of the Mechanical Race's Father God.

……

As for the cosmic lords who were just watching the spectacle, they all left the scene at this moment.

Everyone felt disheartened, as they hadn't witnessed humans and machines fighting to the death. This was still on the original planet, where they couldn't enter the dark universe, and even the strongest beings in the universe could only maintain the speed of light.

If a fight breaks out, many cosmic lords will definitely die.

But smart people know that a war is unlikely, as the size difference between the two races is not significant. If it weren't for the Zerg and the Demon race eyeing them covetously, a war would definitely break out.

Although the giant axe was not present, he had already witnessed the entire event in the virtual universe and couldn't help but sigh, "The Lord of Beichen really knows how to do things properly."

Zhou Lin's smartest move was that he didn't immediately send away the mechanical race's universe lords, but instead sent the mechanical race's father god.

Even if the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace had the accessories, they would be useless. Individual top-tier treasure accessories are not as useful as high-level treasures.

Therefore, exchanging with the Machine Race is inevitable.

Given the status of the Mechanical Race's Father God, once he arrives, no matter how Zhou Lin ends up, even selling spare parts will be more expensive than before.

After leaving the Primal Star, Zhou Lin first sent the Void Demon God to Star Soul Mountain. After chatting for a few minutes, Zhou Lin prepared to demonstrate the Void Realm Dao to him.

What this teacher values ​​most is the Void Realm Dao.

As time passed and years changed, Zhou Lin's Void Realm Divine Heart, which was invincible during his divine stage, became useless after he became a Realm God.

Because his true form in the illusory realm was no longer usable, the power of his body was terrifying; with a mere gesture, he could turn a star field to ashes.

A mere second-grade divine heart cannot be virtualized, and it is meaningless to place it in the illusory world, since the illusory divine heart is a part of the real world.

For a battle of the level of a universe master, whether or not they reside in a void realm makes no difference.

Of the four True Divine Artifacts Zhou Lin had previously acquired, one was a longsword based on the Void Realm Dao. With the help of the True Divine Artifact, he was able to unleash some of its effects.

"Teacher, watch closely." Zhou Lin brandished his longsword, his entire body becoming indistinct, as if he had disappeared into another world.

The illusory demon god narrowed his eyes. Zhou Lin's body posed no obstacle to him and could be seen at any time, but the long sword seemed to exist outside this world.

The longsword embodies two paths: the way of the sword and the way of the void.

“I can see through all your previous methods in the virtual world.”

The True Demon God slowly said, "But I can't see where this sword is yet. If you use it as a flying sword, I'm afraid no one will be able to defend against it."

Any weapon based on the Void Realm will take assassination into consideration.

The Void Realm Dao of this longsword is only at the Opening Realm. If the Void True Demon God's words become law, or if he spends a little time studying it, he can still discover its mysteries.

If one reaches the realm of a true god-ruler, then there is absolutely no way to find one.

"Teacher, the virtual world is a reflection of the real world, but the current virtual world path transcends the real world and opens up a complete virtual world."

Zhou Lin explained, "Although this virtual realm is not truly perfect, it completely transcends the real world."

If the Void Demon God could comprehend this Dao and perfect it to the True God Dominator Realm, then even in the primordial universe, he could utilize the Void Realm Dao in practical combat. The Creation Realm, however, does not represent true perfection.

The Dao of the True God Sovereign Realm is a completely different world.

Just as the Origin Continent lacked the Void Realm Dao, the Primordial Ancestor was able to gradually discover similar methods. Even without the Culinary Dao, some could still become Eternal True Gods through it.

There was even a Divine King who sat on the mountain and was skilled in weapon crafting.

Therefore, the path one cultivates does not necessarily have to originate in the world.

"Transcending the real world?" the illusory demon god murmured. This was the path he had pursued all his life, but unfortunately, he was limited by the system of the original universe.

Humanity's ancestors went very far down this path.

As for what level he has reached, the illusory demon god cannot say for sure.

"Could you give me some time to study this sword?" The True Demon God felt a little embarrassed to ask such a question to his disciple.

But since this concerned his path, the illusory demon god could only brazenly accept it.

Just as he thought, if the illusory demon god could use this longsword to comprehend the Dao of the Illusory Realm and gradually perfect it by combining it with his illusion techniques, he could grow to the level of a true god ruler.

Then he would have a one in a thousand chance of becoming a true god of the void.

This is an extremely high number. How many true gods have been accumulated in the three great cycles of the entire universe? From the last World Beast to now, there have probably been hundreds of cycles.

In every cycle of reincarnation, there are many true gods. Over the long years, there are only two holy land universes. There are even eternal true gods like Luo Feng who teach by word and deed. There are only a few humans who can break through to the Void True God realm.

The success rate of breaking through to the initial stage of the Void God realm is not high in the Tianyu Universe.

“No problem, teacher.” Zhou Lin smiled and said, “This longsword is meaningless to me now, as I have already comprehended the Void Realm Dao within it many times.”

How could the illusory demon god not know that Zhou Lin was being modest?

Even if you try to comprehend it many times, as long as you haven't truly grasped the Dao of the Void Realm, keeping it by your side will still be of great use.

Little did he know that Zhou Lin's progress in the Void Realm Dao was far behind that of Causality, and that the Causality Dao would probably have been established millions of years earlier.

With the complete rules of heaven and earth plus the Dao of cause and effect, Zhou Lin is undoubtedly a sixth-tier combatant.

If one can open up multiple suitable paths to combine with powerful enough unique skills, one can even rival an ordinary ruler with the status of a Venerable.

Furthermore, Zhou Lin also possesses a Void Realm Dao weapon.

“I can’t take advantage of you for nothing.” After a moment of contemplation, the True Demon God said, “Before you go to the Cosmic Sea, I will get you a supreme treasure armor.”

He doesn't have many idle treasures, because for the strongest lone traveler, all he needs to do is take care of himself.

The True Demon God does possess some top-tier treasure weapons and quite a few palace-type treasures, but he lacks a top-tier treasure armor, so he has to exchange it with other top-tier beings.

"Then I thank you very much, teacher." Zhou Lin said with a smile, "But I don't have a universe master in my laws right now, and I still need to find a suitable supreme treasure armor."

"I know."

The illusory demon god sheathed his longsword: "Before you leave, I will give you the supreme armor."

He is prepared to study the principles behind it carefully.

Before going to the Cosmic Sea, the main body began to study the method of creating a clone. The method of creating a second clone is very precious and also very difficult to learn.

Although Zhou Lin obtained it early, he couldn't understand it at all before.

"The Formless Spirit Body Technique." Zhou Lin read it carefully and realized that he was still being a bit far-fetched. The first clone of this technique was extremely simple, even a World God could do it.

Even with Blood Blade God Emperor's clone technique, the first clone wouldn't be difficult; the difficulty lies in the second clone.

Because a second clone is not allowed by the rules of the universe.

Although the primordial universe did not have this restriction, the method was created by the powerful beings of the Tianyu universe, so the difficulty of cultivation is naturally extremely high.

This "Formless Spirit Body Technique" doesn't even require a miniature universe to shield perception, but it absolutely requires a high enough level of cultivation, at the very least having a Dao that transcends the rules of heaven and earth.

The lower limit is the realm of creation.

He had to temporarily abandon the cultivation clone, as Zhou Lin planned to obtain some more system rewards before heading to the Cosmic Sea, and he also needed to activate the most important part of his plan.

That is to build a temple.

They spread their faith across two hundred cosmic countries and erected numerous temples.

Zhou Lin used to have reservations, but now he is absolutely capable of doing this, and neither the Giant Axe, the Primordial Ancestor, nor the Chaos City Lord would have any objections.

The mere strength of a universe master was enough to give Zhou Lin the capital to establish the sixth major power.

Only the courage to stand up for the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, and the strength to single-handedly kill a third-tier Universe Lord, can truly establish Zhou Lin's identity.

He is recognized as a figure comparable to the Great Axe and the Primal Ancestor.

……

Three days later.

Zhou Lin's hometown, the Fallen Universe Kingdom.

Inside the Imperial Palace on the capital planet.

The Fallen Ash Venerable has had a difficult time these past few years. Although he is considered to be among the top-tier Venerables, he is still far from being a cosmic overlord.

He and Zhou Lin were the first Venerables to come into contact with each other, but Venerable Luo Jin was always very arrogant and never tried to curry favor with him, and they didn't even have much contact.

It's hard to say whether Venerable Luo Jin regretted his decision after Zhou Lin became the Lord of the Universe, but seeing the current state of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler, he must have felt a mix of emotions.

The poorest ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom back then has now transformed into an important member of the Void Realm Cleansing Company and a close associate of the Lord of Beichen.

Not only did they pay off all their debts, but they also acquired the Supreme Armor and Supreme Weapon, not to mention other valuable treasures.

Their status is also extremely high. Most of the universe overlords in the race have to treat the Qianwu Kingdom ruler with utmost respect, and no one dares to underestimate them in the slightest.

"The king, the king!"

Outside the hall stood Talis, a descendant of the Fallen One, who was also an immortal deity responsible for managing the trivial matters of the Fallen Universe Kingdom in this era.

In terms of governance, the ruler of the universe only needs to manage the overall situation.

Other minor matters can generally be left to the next generation to manage.

Venerable Luo Jin was completely absorbed in his cultivation and almost ignored everything else.

"What is it?" Venerable Luo Jin frowned. "Didn't you say not to disturb my cultivation unless it's something extremely important?"

Talishu dared not step inside, but knelt outside the hall and said respectfully, "The Void Realm Cleansing Company has sent a notice that a temple needs to be built in my Fallen Universe to spread faith."

(End of this chapter)