Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 163 Fighting a Universe Alone

If Zhou Lin were to see Gu Shaluo's eyes, he would be extremely shocked. He was the Destroyer of Worlds, yet the other party wanted him to come in quickly.

During the time when Zhou Lin destroyed the world, Gu Shaluo proposed that all the true gods come to the Stone Pillar Forest and use the formation he set up to fight against their opponents.

Some true gods raised a different opinion, thinking that if Zhou Lin won, wouldn't he be able to wipe them out in an instant, leaving them no chance to turn the tide?

But Gushaluo insisted on going his own way.

A vast number of true gods, realm gods, and countless deities gathered in the stone pillar space.

With Zhou Lin's arrival, the group of World Gods and ordinary True Gods were all taken away by the Sovereigns. The weakest among those who could participate in the battle was a True God Venerable.

At the True God Heaven and Earth Realm, a single impact of Zhou Lin's will would likely kill them all, let alone in battle; they wouldn't even be able to withstand forming an array.

Swish!
Zhou Lin used a void-traveling technique to directly enter the stone pillar space. The interior was vast and boundless, resembling a miniature universe, and possessed a relatively strong suppressive force.

"Extraterrestrial demon, you have come to our world, and you will be punished!" a true god ruler clad in crimson armor roared.

“You have committed so many atrocities, yet you still dare to slaughter in our Stone Pillar Forest. Today, you will surely pay for your crimes in blood.”

Each of those true gods and rulers was filled with righteous indignation and vehement rebuke.

Zhou Lin strode forward calmly, disdainfully rebuking, "You demon universes with cultivation and devouring systems dare to call me a demon? How laughable."

If it weren't for the immense pressure of the world, which even these true gods couldn't withstand when he attacked from tens of light-years away, Zhou Lin would have felt a faint sense of repulsion.

"The law of the jungle prevails; it's only natural." Gu Sha Luo flew out: "Extraterrestrial demons, you dare to act recklessly in my clan's ruins? You have no choice."

After saying that, more than fifty True God Sovereigns took off at the same time, crimson light swirling around them, vaguely forming a huge array.

The array method is the most suitable method for team combat, or for defending a place. Gu Shaluo has studied this method, which should be left over from past cosmic eras.

It's also possible that the creator of the universe wanted to give them the opportunity to learn other systems as well.

After all, the Devouring System is too weak. If they encounter an invasion from other universes, their only way to resist is to rely on having a large enough number of True God Rulers.

Once the formation was complete, towering blood light surged within a radius of ten trillion miles, and shockwaves swept across the entire stone pillar space, while Gu Shaluo stood alone below.

“Big Brother has a way to hide in the stone pillar space, we can definitely keep him here easily.” The man in the green robe had murderous intent in his eyes. He was also the core of the great formation appointed by Gu Shaluo.

The formation emitted endless blood-red light, vaguely forming a blood beast resembling a gluttonous beast, hundreds of millions of kilometers in size, with a vast aura that even vaguely touched that threshold.

This is the blessing brought by the Stone Pillar Forest space. A group of True God Sovereigns with the strength of the seventh and eighth tiers formed an array, which actually increased the energy by an unknown number of times.

Without such favorable timing and location, Zhou Lin could easily sweep away this group of True God Rulers.

There were also a large number of True God Venerables forming an array, with equally overwhelming blood light condensing into a blood dragon, its divine body spanning tens of millions of kilometers.

The Blood Dragon has twenty-four claws and exudes an aura comparable to a ninth-order True God. It has also benefited from the abundant blessings of the Stone Pillar Forest space.

These true gods and rulers, who normally wished to devour each other, had no choice but to unite for the sake of their homeland, pushing their strength to its limit.

Zhou Lin took out the black gourd. No matter how severe the world's suppression was, he could still approach his opponent at a speed of nearly one light-year per second. This was the Void Walker's ability to travel.

As the stopper of the black gourd was pulled out...

Rumble!
A destructive wave of power at the tenth rank swept over, which was Zhou Lin's strongest attack at the moment, colliding with the claws of the blood beast and the blood dragon.

The sharp claws actually suppressed the destructive fluctuations. Dozens of True God Sovereigns and True God Venerables formed an array, which actually reached the level of the initial stage of Void God.

This is because the vast majority of them are very weak.

Otherwise, in terms of sheer power, ten of the strongest eighth-tier beings working together could rival a tenth-tier being. All the true gods in the Thousand Prisons Universe combined would only barely reach the threshold.

Rumble!
Zhou Lin continuously released destructive waves. His cultivation level was very high, and it was difficult for the attacks from the blood beasts and blood dragons to fully hit him. Even if he was occasionally hit, it would not cause any serious harm.

The benefits of having a high level of skill in unloading and redirecting force are evident in this.

"Why hasn't Gushaluo made a move yet?" Zhou Lin glanced down slightly, still feeling a strong sense of threat.

After cultivating the profound system of rules and opening the path of cause and effect, his understanding of destiny became extremely strong, and his intuition was almost never wrong.

Gushaluo, dressed in a blue robe, looked at them with a leisurely expression.

Snapped!
Distracted for a moment, Zhou Lin was struck by the blood beast's claw. The enormous impact slammed him hard into the ground, but his skin was extremely tough, and he also had the Flaming Chaos Armor protecting him.

Boom!
Along the way, countless stars shattered, and the land within hundreds of millions of kilometers exploded, along with some hidden spaces and times that were also annihilated.

"He's hit! He should be dead, right?"

The true gods were overjoyed. After they formed an array, even Gushaluo would not dare to take it head-on. How could he possibly survive being hit by such an attack?

Zhou Lin was shot hundreds of millions of kilometers underground, with countless rubble pressing down on his head and dust billowing around him. He was still pondering the strangeness of the ancient Shaluo.

The attack was secondary; the opponent's technique was too clumsy. A single True God Dominator was fine, but when they formed a formation, it was even more cumbersome, as too much of their power was dissipated.

Chi!
Just as Zhou Lin was in a daze, two beams of blood-red light, each a hundred billion kilometers long, pierced through the heavens and earth and crashed into the abyss once again. If he had not already upgraded to the Lord of the Universe, he would definitely have been injured by such an attack.

As of now, Gushaluo has still not made a move.

"We need to deal with that blood dragon first. The True God Venerable's array will always be weaker." Zhou Lin was getting a little annoyed by the blood light, and he prepared to reveal some of his abilities.

He was on guard against Gushaluo, so he did not release the three divine bodies at the same time. The bubble clones fought outside, while the main body and the second clone were in the inner world.

I have prepared a palace-like treasure, so that if anything goes wrong, my bubble clone can hide back.

The next second, the massive crater, spanning billions of kilometers, exploded once again, with light, lightning, and storms, along with the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, sweeping across a region spanning several light-years!
Ultimate Treasure of the Pinnacle Realm: Omnipotent Sea!
With the divine body burning with over ten thousand times the genes of the Lord of the Universe, combined with Zhou Lin's void power, the power of a peak-level domain-class treasure was unleashed, making it extremely terrifying.

The next second, shadows of various weapons flew everywhere, and the world domain was superimposed on the Myriad Manifestations Sea, actually reaching the effect of the supreme treasure domain.

Zhou Lin's figure slowly flew out, behind him were scenes of the birth of the universe, and scenes of the beginning of chaos and the destruction of all things. His will impact was directly aimed at the Blood Dragon!
"Not good!" The True God Venerable who was controlling the Blood Dragon felt as if his head was about to split open; his mental and spiritual level was not high.

The level of mind and the level of will are two different things. For example, someone in the Unity Realm may still be at the first level of mind and will, but their will strength is higher than Zhou Lin's second level.

Therefore, even if a true god has a low level of spiritual attainment, their consciousness will still reach the threshold of that level, and they will not experience a situation where their will cannot keep up with their level.

Such terrifying power swept across, making it extremely difficult for the True God Venerable to endure, and he was immediately unable to control the Blood Dragon's body. The array's core was responsible for controlling the body; without movement, no matter how fiercely the Blood Dragon swung its hooves and claws, it all seemed utterly ridiculous.

Swish!
Zhou Lin appeared before the Blood Dragon, took out the black gourd, and prepared to uncork it to completely annihilate the Blood Dragon, ensuring that none of the True God Venerables within would survive.

The Blood Beast definitely won't be able to provide support in time. The Myriad Manifestations Sea is a top-tier domain-level treasure, not to mention the addition of his domain secret techniques. Even if he can't suppress the opponent's movement speed, he can certainly slow down their attack speed.

In the ocean of eight elemental energies, the blood beast's attacks shattered layer upon layer of energy, but it was too late to reach the blood dragon.

"Die!" Zhou Lin said coldly.

Chi!
Just then, a beam of blue light shot out, transforming into crystal-clear glass in front of the blood dragon, which actually withstood the destructive shockwave.

This is worlds apart from how Gushara reacted when he received the destructive wave.

"Gu Sha Luo, you've finally made your move. It's not easy for you to have reached this point in a system like the Thousand Prisons Universe."

Zhou Lin knew that this person could make him feel threatened, and he was definitely not just an ordinary True God Ruler, but someone who could rival the Blood Blade God Emperor!

Zhou Lin couldn't understand how Gu Shaluo had managed to reach the Blood Blade stage in his cultivation devouring system; it was simply too unbelievable.

Gushaluo smiled and said, "Our universe's cultivation system is weak, but who told you that I only cultivated this universe's system?"

After he was conceived, he desperately climbed upwards, unlike other cultivators who slacked off, but instead frantically devoured everything.

Gusharo realized from the very beginning that this universe was a gathering of all demons, so he had to strive to become the strongest, otherwise he would eventually become someone else's food.

After becoming the first true god in the Thousand Prisons Universe, Gushaluo traveled to almost every region of the universe in search of past treasures.

He found traces left by previous cosmic eras, learned that there were universes beyond the heavens, and also witnessed the battle scenes of the Void God Unity Realm.

Even at the Unity Realm of the Devouring System, there are still endless mysteries in every move, which allowed Gu Shaluo to see another possibility for cultivation.

Gushaluo explored the rules of heaven and earth on his own, while devouring living beings. In the end, after becoming a true god and ruler, he was able to overpower all his opponents at the same time.

The ancient shaman who ascended to the top of the universe did not devour everything like a tyrant. Instead, he began to establish rules, dividing the universe into two parts to encourage the weak to climb upwards.

Later, Gusharo unexpectedly discovered the entrance to other universes. Such cosmic passages were extremely rare and required a certain level of cultivation to enter.

Apart from Gushaluo, probably no one in the entire Thousand Prisons Universe could get in.

The universe he entered was not created by a cosmic god, but was naturally born, and the beings here cultivated a flawed system.

This system is called the Cosmic Messenger System.

The universe that cultivates this system exists because countless weak beings constantly research this system in order to survive, and can communicate with the power of heaven and earth to fight.

This is fundamentally different from the Tao!
The power of the Dao exists within the Dao itself, just like the original Dao of the source world.

The power of heaven and earth is like a cosmic god, able to directly borrow the power of the source world's origin to fight, which far exceeds the power of the Dao.

The more one cultivates, the more one can communicate with the origin of the universe, and even control a portion of it, ultimately achieving oneness with the universe.

At that time, the will of the cultivator will become the will of the universe.

However, the downside is that you can never leave the universe.

“I knew you had other systems.” Zhou Lin dodged the Blood Dragon’s attack and quickly replied, “You and the others are not on the same level at all.”

Gu Shaluo smiled, his hands clasped together, releasing an extremely terrifying blood-red aura that instantly engulfed billions of kilometers of space and time.

Even the Myriad Seas would be instantly torn apart in his domain.

"A Domain of Slaughter?!" Zhou Lin was stunned. He finally understood why Gu Shaluo was able to set up the plan so quickly; it turned out that it was the will of the universe's origin that had told him.

This Killing Domain technique is also an extremely famous ultimate move in the Cosmic Messenger system. It can only be used by those who have reached the Dominator level, which means they control a part of the origin of the universe.

In the Killing Domain, even ordinary rulers would die instantly!

Moreover, the more living beings die inside, the more the caster's power will increase. Theoretically speaking, this is the strongest ruler, even the Void God in the initial stage cannot defeat it.

"If he cultivates the Cosmic Messenger System and can control a portion of the origin, then why should I even bother fighting him?" Zhou Lin felt a chill run down his spine; he had never felt this way before.

A feeling that you could die at any moment.

The Cosmic Messenger system, combined with the strength of a True God Overlord, and the ability to control a portion of the universe's origin, would then possess the combat power of a Void God in the initial stage!
It is an insurmountable gap.

Even if the original ancestor came and Zhou Lin handed over the entire set of treasures to him, he would still be brutally beaten by Gu Sha Luo.

boom!
The blood-red domain engulfed Zhou Lin.

"wrong……"

Zhou Lin originally thought that the domain would probably suppress him severely.

But now it seems that it is only slightly stronger than the Star Kingdom, which is not at all the power of the Killing Domain.

Even a small universe of this size, spanning hundreds of billions of light-years, can be easily comparable to the initial stage of a Void God by mobilizing a portion of its origin.

Complete mastery of that is the threshold of the Chaos Realm.

Needless to say, those at the trillion-light level are considered strong if they have complete control over the Chaos Realm.

"You actually know about the Slaughter Domain?" Gu Shaluo was somewhat surprised, not expecting Zhou Lin to recognize it. "However, this is not the complete Slaughter Domain."

He had lofty ambitions and wanted to see the vast world, so he was unwilling to be bound by the universe before him. Therefore, he did not dare to delve too deeply into the cultivation of the Universe Messenger system.

Gushalo stopped after merely reaching the point of communicating with the origin of the universe. He knew that if he continued to cultivate and gained control of a portion of the origin, it would be difficult to escape its influence.

Many of those powerful beings who merged with the origin of the universe were not in control of their own destiny.

No matter how much you cultivate yourself, you can only walk this path to death.

“I really have to think highly of you, Gushaluo.” Zhou Lin licked his lips. “It’s also fortunate that you didn’t continue your cultivation, otherwise I would have been defeated today.”

(End of this chapter)