Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 302 Let’s play music and dance!
After finalizing the details of the treasure refining, Lu Jin returned to the Heavenly Court.

Afterwards, Lu Jin went to the Lingbao Hall and retrieved all the samples of supreme-grade refining materials collected in the treasure vault.

With Lu Jin's current expertise in materials, by manipulating the forces of creation to transform the Blood Sea Water, it would be no difficult task to transform any supreme treasure material, except for the most powerful and precious materials that cannot be directly obtained.

Just like learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, even if the two numbers being multiplied are very large, the underlying principles remain the same.

All the supreme treasure-level materials were copied in large quantities and then refined into the most powerful supreme treasure materials using the Qiankun Cauldron.

After the Mountain Guest finished testing the material properties and finalized the material combination plan, and Lu Jin produced a large batch of the corresponding materials, it was naturally time for the Mountain Guest to begin refining the treasure.

In the Great Luo Heaven, at the Hall of Ascension to Immortality, Lu Jin was studying the essence of various precious materials.

Within the Netherworld God Kingdom, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone continuously activated its Creation Power, using the Blood Sea water as raw material to transform it into various precious materials.

Suddenly, the chubby man's voice rang in Lu Jin's mind: 'Master, the Empress has sent a letter, inviting you to a gathering at the Imperial Court.'

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow. A Blood God Child avatar who was creating a new technique took over the task of researching the materials for the supreme treasure. His true self instantly teleported away from the Hall of Ascension to the Netherworld God Kingdom.

"Shh!"

In the Empress's Secret Realm, in a side hall of the Imperial Court Temple, Lu Jin's figure was teleported there.

"His Majesty."

Upon seeing Lu Jin's figure appear, the Linglong Master, who was waiting inside the hall, greeted him with a smile.

Lu Jin asked, "Where is the Empress?"

"The Queen and her sisters are waiting for you in the main hall of the royal court."

The Master of Linglong stepped forward, took Lu Jin's arm, and said with a smile.

Within the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court, all the Queen Mothers of the Universe are addressed as sisters.

Nodding slightly, Lu Jin and the Master of Linglong headed towards the main hall of the Imperial Court.

Soon, upon entering the main hall, Lu Jin saw the Empress sitting at the head of the hall, with fifteen graceful figures led by the Lord of the Nether Lotus.

"Who are these two?"

Lu Jin's gaze fell on two of the graceful figures he did not recognize.

Including the Empress, the high-ranking members of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court maintained in-depth communication with him. These two unfamiliar new faces were clearly the two newly promoted Universe Lords of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court.

Including the Linglong Lord who entered the palace with him, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court now has one True God and sixteen Universe Lords.

Compared to more than 800 epochs ago, when it had just become one of the seven major powers of the human race, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court now has five more Universe Lords.

Moreover, not only has the quantity increased, but the individual strength has also increased significantly.

It's no exaggeration to say that, apart from the newly promoted ones and disregarding the factors of the supreme treasures of the palace category, the cosmic lords within the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court are no less powerful than the former true god-level empresses.

"Suyue greets Your Majesty."

"Xingya greets Your Majesty."

The newly appointed rulers of the Imperial Court, the 'Lord of Suyue' and the 'Lord of Xingya', with their graceful figures and unparalleled beauty, bowed slightly with blushing faces.

The Hundred Flowers Imperial Court is not directly under the Heavenly Court, but the fact that the various palaces of the Heavenly Court can be opened to the Imperial Court is something that the high-ranking officials of the Imperial Court have fought for.

Having gained benefits, it's one thing if one's strength and status aren't enough, but Lu Jin also doesn't even look at them.

However, once you step into the realm of the universe and become a high-ranking member of the Imperial Court, you will have to pay a price.

"good."

After looking you both over, Lu Jin nodded and said, "I bestow upon you both a great fortune."

As he spoke, Lu Jin unleashed his divine power, enveloping the Lord of Su Yue and the Lord of Xing Ya. His divine ability, "Manipulating Creation," began to transform the life genes of the two.

Immediately, the Lord of Suyue and the Lord of Xingya felt their life genes, which were originally only a hundred times stronger, begin to increase rapidly.

1,000 times. 2,000 times. 5,000 times. 8,000 times.
Before long, the two exuded a sense of perfection, achieving 10081 times the perfection of their genes.

At this moment, a storm raged in their hearts. They suppressed the hunger emanating from every cell of their divine bodies and looked at Lu Jin with their beautiful, watery eyes filled with admiration.

No wonder the Imperial Treasury only contains treasures that can increase life genes by a hundredfold, and none that have an effect exceeding a hundredfold in terms of life genes.

It turns out that His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor possesses such incredible and heaven-defying abilities.

Having mastered time and space and become the master of the universe, the Queen Mother was to serve the Heavenly Emperor in order to repay the Heavenly Court for its favors to the Imperial Court.

Since the Heavenly Emperor possesses a wondrous method to enhance life genes, the Imperial Court naturally has no need to collect gene treasures with effects a hundred times greater.

Since one cannot become the master of the universe, a hundredfold increase in genes is the upper limit in the conventional sense.

"Shh!"

At this moment, Lu Jin raised his hand and waved it, creating a space-time within the hall. Then, a massive amount of divine source liquid materialized, and he said, "Su Yue, Xing Ya, absorb the divine power to replenish your divine bodies."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, the two, who had just come to their senses, spoke with great gratitude.

"Go~"

Lu Jin waved his hand, smiled at the Empress, and said, "Your Majesty, did you miss me?"

The Empress denied it: "Although mating is very pleasurable, I will not become addicted to it."

As the Empress of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court, in her view, this matter was far less important than improving her own strength and that of the Imperial Court.

Of course, she wouldn't refuse if His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor were to like it.

Admiring strength is one part, comfort is another, and rewards are yet another—consider them merely seasonings in between cultivation.

"Oh? If you didn't miss me, then what do you want from me?"

"Didn't you say at the Supreme Council of the Race that a 1.6 million light-year-old corpse had appeared in the Cosmic Sea?"

While the size of a divine body is not absolutely related to its strength, such a massive divine body must have possessed strength far beyond imagination in its lifetime.

Although it was already known that beyond the cosmic sea there must be a much wider world.

But now it seems that, compared to the world beyond the cosmic sea, the cosmic sea is much like a remote, inhabited planet in a galaxy compared to the entire primordial universe. Therefore…”

Lu Jin asked, "So what?"

The Empress said with a serious expression, "The entire Imperial Court is yours, and even I am yours. If anything good happens, you can't leave the Imperial Court out of it."

The fact that many cosmic lords from the Heavenly Court went to the Cosmic Sea for 'training' could not be kept from the Empress; all the forces in the Cosmic Sea were aware of this.

At first, it wasn't a big deal, but after the appearance of the divine corpse, which was 1.6 million light-years away, in the training area of ​​many universe lords in the Heavenly Court, the Empress realized something was wrong.

While areas like the Whirlpool River are known for producing a relatively high number of treasures, they certainly wouldn't attract thousands of cosmic lords from the Heavenly Court whose strength rivals that of true gods to go there for training.

With the mysterious reappearance of the divine corpse, the Empress believed that Lu Jin must have something important he hadn't told her.

Moreover, the Empress had a premonition that the appearance of this unknown divine corpse would inevitably trigger a series of major events.

Lu Jin could keep the details from her, but when the Heavenly Court ate meat, they had to leave a bowl of soup for the Imperial Court.

The entire imperial court belongs to Lu Jin, so even if there is favoritism, it cannot be too biased.

Then, the Empress turned to look at the Lord of the Nether Lotus and the others, giving them a look.

The women instantly understood, their bodies radiating divine power, and their clothes transformed into dancing skirts.

The Lord of the Nether Lotus led the four women to the side, each holding a zither, flute, xiao, se, and bell, filling the hall with celestial music.

As celestial music filled the air, the Lord of Bilong led eight women, including the Lord of Linglong, in a graceful dance in the center of the hall.

"Alas, I am about to fall into depravity again, Your Majesty. You have all brought me great suffering."

Seeing this, Lu Jin couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

The Empress was somewhat displeased with Lu Jin's pretentious act and said, "You don't like it? Since you don't like it, then let's stop."

"No, keep going, keep playing the music, keep dancing!"

After saying that, Lu Jin flashed and instantly teleported to the head of the hall, appearing behind the Empress, and began to make advances.

Although the beauty of Minglian, Bilong, Linglong, and other women was no less than that of the Empress.

But Lu Jin had to admit that the Empress was far superior to Minglian and the other women in terms of temperament, and he had a desire to ravage her and then hold her in his arms and cherish her.

Within a space-time area of ​​the palace that was not completely isolated, the Lord of Su Yue and the Lord of Xing Ya, who were absorbing divine source liquid to replenish their divine power, couldn't help but feel a strong sense of embarrassment and irritation as they gazed at the incomparably noble and charming appearance of the Empress in their memories.

Controlling their Zerg army to kill enemies is routine for them.

But the matter of mating was truly unprecedented, let alone the fact that the female protagonist was a noble empress.

Despite their embarrassment, the two of them observed the object with great curiosity.

After all, once they have absorbed enough divine source liquid and their divine bodies have expanded to their limits, the two female protagonists will also have a share.

The Heavenly Court favored the Imperial Court, but the Imperial Court could not reciprocate in kind. Therefore, it was only through these high-ranking members of the Imperial Court that the generous and magnanimous Emperor could they repay him.

A month later.

'Luckily, there are many avatars~'

Looking at the Empress and her group of beautiful and charming mothers, Lu Jin thought to himself.

There's a reason why most powerful beings in the universe are not obsessed with love.

The mere fact that it hinders cultivation is enough for powerful individuals to abandon it outright.

Fortunately, he has enough Blood God Child incarnations. As long as the incarnations do not fall into depravity, it will not have much of an impact on his main body even if he does not cultivate.

"Your Majesty, the entire imperial court belongs to you. You must promise us that you will not show favoritism to any one side."

Lying on Lu Jin's chest, the empress, her face full of allure, looked up and spoke.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, you mustn't forget us sisters."

The Lord of Xingya, who was massaging Lu Jin's shoulders, spoke in his ear, and then all the Queen Mothers echoed her.

"Get up, I have something important to say."

Lu Jin released his hands from playing with the Empress's precious treasure and said.

Before long, everyone was dressed in their best, and the Empress and her consorts looked at Lu Jin.

Lu Jin said, "The divine corpse that appeared in the Cosmic Sea is indeed not as simple as it seems on the surface."

One thing is certain: the divine corpse is a powerful being whose life level far surpasses that of a true god, and it came from beyond the cosmic sea.

Within the body of the divine corpse lies a world far larger than the Holy Land universe. Within this world reside countless cosmic lords and true gods, including many powerful beings whose strength surpasses that of true gods.

If all goes well, once this divine corpse comes to a stop, all the powerful beings in the Cosmic Sea will be able to enter this world for training.

Of course, the Heavenly Court possesses a special treasure for traversing space; we can enter now.

The Empress frowned and asked, "A powerhouse surpassing a true god? The primordial will shouldn't allow such a powerhouse to appear in the cosmic sea, would it?"

Lu Jin nodded and said, "The original will does not allow it, but this world is very independent, completely isolated from the outside, so the original will cannot affect this world."

After a moment of contemplation, the Empress said, "Since there are beings stronger than true gods, does that mean there is a secret to transcending reincarnation?"

Lu Jin shook his head and said, "Transcending reincarnation is not a secret. To put it bluntly, it's just a matter of whether you have enough strength."

For a true god, attempting reincarnation is practically suicide, but becoming an existence surpassing a true god guarantees the ability to transcend reincarnation.

How to break through to the level of True God?

The Empress pressed for an answer.

Lu Jin said, "Unlike the two paths of the Lord of the Universe to break through to the True God realm, the only way to achieve something beyond the True God realm is to create a top-tier tenth-order secret technique."

Upon hearing this, the Empress frowned deeply.

No wonder that throughout countless cycles of reincarnation, a large number of true gods have emerged in the cosmic sea, but only the progenitors of the Purple Moon Holy Land and the Eastern Emperor Holy Land have survived the cycle of reincarnation.

A top-tier tenth-order secret technique—that's incredibly difficult.

For example, her current level of secret techniques is only at the peak of the eighth rank, and she is still a little short of the ninth rank.

Fortunately, there is a clear goal, which is different from not having a clear goal.

With a clear direction, there is undoubtedly more motivation.

Moreover, there is a Bodhi tree in the Heavenly Court's Hall of Ascension, which can greatly enhance comprehension. She still has two and a half reincarnations before her lifespan ends, so raising her secret technique level from the peak of the eighth rank to the peak of the tenth rank should not be a problem.

It is not even possible to create a top-tier tenth-order secret technique before the end of this cycle.

After all, more than 800 epochs ago, her secret techniques were only at the seventh level, but now they have reached the top of the eighth level.

Then, the Empress asked, "Could you send us to the world of the God Corpse for training?"

Lu Jin asked, "Are you sure you want to go?"

Minglian and the others are alright. The Heavenly Court has the Hall of Immortal Transformation, so as long as they are not enslaved by their souls, they can be resurrected after their fall.

But you are a true god, and therefore not within the scope of the Immortal Transformation Hall's resurrection efforts.

Not to mention the powerful beings who surpass true gods, the true gods in the world of divine corpses are not the same as those trash in the cosmic sea.

Each of them possessed secret techniques for burning divine power and supreme treasures, some even boasting mechanical treasures; true gods at the tenth rank were commonplace.

The Immortal Transformation Pool isn't truly incapable of resurrecting true god-level beings; the reason for this is mainly due to its suppression by the primordial universe.

If the Immortal Transformation Pool were brought into the Jin World, resurrecting a true god would be a piece of cake. But the problem is that Lu Jin dares not bring the Immortal Transformation Pool into the Jin World.

For the Immortal Transformation Pool to take effect, it must be connected to the origin of the universe.

Used in the primordial universe, the Immortal Transformation Pool connects to the origin of the primordial universe.

However, when used in the Jin world, the Immortal Transformation Pool is connected to the very origin of the universe within the Jin world.

The original will of the primordial universe is bound by rules, and even if it discovers his freeloading behavior, it cannot resist.

However, the virtual consciousness of the God-King of Jin still exists in the world of Jin. Once discovered, the Immortal Transformation Pool will become someone else's treasure.

The Empress said, "My strength is not weak either. I possess the top-tier eighth-order secret technique, the third level of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique, and even without considering treasures, I have the strength of an eleventh-order top-tier true god."

"In the world of gods and corpses, even if my strength isn't among the top of true gods, I shouldn't be considered weak, right?"

Lacking experience, the Empress felt that she had a certain chance of creating a top-tier tenth-order secret technique in this cycle of reincarnation.

With sufficient training, the possibility of creating a top-tier tenth-order secret technique in the future will undoubtedly be much greater.

"Go later. The Heavenly Court will have a True God-level Mechanical Treasure later, and your strength will be able to improve even more."

Lu Jin spoke to the Empress, then looked at the Lord of the Nether Lotus and the others: "The Heavenly Court also has a legion-type mechanical treasure called the 'Golden-Winged Roc'."

It can be activated by at least a thousand universe masters. After comprehending the secret runes of the supreme treasure, its attack power can reach the top level of the ninth rank.

However, there aren't enough Golden-Winged Rocs; you'll have to wait a while.

To unleash the full power of the Golden-Winged Roc, it's not enough to simply stuff 100,000 universe lords inside; one must also comprehend the secret runes inscribed within the Golden-Winged Roc.

Although these runes are not of a high level, their ability to reach the upper limit of the twelfth rank of power is entirely due to the transformation of quantity into quality.

However, no matter how low the level of the Golden-Winged Roc's secret runes is, it is still not something that a single cannon fodder-level Zerg warrior of the Universe Lord level can activate.

The reason why Hong'er and her seven companions could do this was because they could comprehend the secret runes on the Golden-Winged Roc and simultaneously control 100,000 Zerg warriors, the Lords of the Universe, to jointly activate the secret runes.

If it were someone like the Lord of the Nether Lotus, who didn't possess the strongest innate secret technique 'Soul Resonance,' they could only control a thousand Universe Lord-level warriors at the same time.

Even if Minglian and the others could comprehend the secret runes of the Golden-Winged Roc, the upper limit of its power would only be the peak of the ninth rank because the number of insectoid warriors they could control, which had decreased from 100,000 to 1,000, had been reduced.

However, even a top-tier ninth-order attack is stronger than they are now.

After all, the highest level of the secret techniques of Minglian and others is only the top level of the sixth rank. Even if they control a thousand universe lord-level warriors to perform a legion attack, the power that the combined attack secret technique can unleash is only the top level of the eighth rank.

Compared to the Golden-Winged Roc, which can unleash top-tier ninth-order power, it is still a full order of strength inferior.

Of course, due to its limited applicability and suitability only for use by the Queen Mother who follows a legion-based strategy, the Heavenly Court has no Golden-Winged Roc in stock.

Zi Ni Chang only refined the first set of samples. The Qiankun Cauldron automatically produced six sets, which were just enough to equip Hong'er and the other seven people. There were no extras.

Minglian and the others want to obtain the Golden-Winged Roc, but they can only wait until the Mountain-Sitting Guest refines a True God-level Mechanical Treasure and produces enough for his own use, after which the Qiankun Cauldron will automatically produce it.

"This Golden-Winged Roc is driven by at least a thousand Universe Lords, so what about the most? Its power should be more than just the peak of the ninth rank, right?"

The Queen grasped the key point.

Lu Jin said, "It can accommodate up to 100,000 Universe Lords, with a maximum power limit of the 12th tier top level."

One hundred thousand Universe Lords can be replaced by one hundred thousand Universe Lord Warriors, but only if these Zerg Warriors can activate the supreme treasure runes on the Golden-Winged Roc.

When you can only control a thousand warriors, there is essentially little difference between stuffing in a thousand and stuffing in a hundred thousand.

At most, when the Zerg warriors run out of divine power, they can be rotated out.

The Empress couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "Indeed, the Lord of the Universe can have the attack of a top-tier ninth-order True God. We can't be greedy anymore, after all, they are not you."

Although Lu Jin is also a Lord of the Universe and his strength is far beyond the top level of the ninth rank, people cannot be compared.

Lu Jin said, "That's the charm of the mechanical flow treasure."

However, while you may possess the Mechanical Flow Treasure and the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique, others may also have them. Within the world of God Corpses, these two methods of enhancing strength are standard equipment for the powerful.

That is precisely why the world of the God Corpse is so dangerous.

"Your strength hasn't reached the twelfth rank yet, so it's best not to go for now. Wait until you have a True God-level Mechanical Stream Treasure."

True Gods with only sixth-level secret techniques are almost invisible, while top-level tenth-level secret techniques can already lead to the Void True God realm.

Aside from wild monsters and ordinary tribal warriors, the boosts from Divine Power Burning Arcane Art and Single-Target Mechanical Build Treasures are calculated with a minimum of Tier 3, mostly Tier 4, and a few Tier 5.

Most of the true gods in the army within the Jin world are at the tenth to thirteenth level, with very few at the fourteenth level and extremely few at the fifteenth level or above.

With the eleven True Gods, including the Heavenly King of Growth, all at the twelfth rank, Lu Jin had little to worry about while training in the Jin World.

However, if it were an eleventh-tier empress, the danger would be much higher since the true god is not within the resurrection range of the Immortal Transformation Pool.

"Alright."

The Queen nodded.

On the other side, in the world of Jin.

Beyond the Demon Cloud Mountains, in the sky above a desolate wilderness, a Blood God Child avatar, whose divine body had been transformed into a scarred giant, flew past at high speed, unrestrainedly radiating divine power.

"Roar--"

Suddenly, a deafening roar resounded.

"Whoosh!"

A silver light flew at a speed far exceeding a thousand times the speed of light and appeared not far in front of Lu Jin.

It was a true god-level raptor with a silver head, six wings on its back, three claws on its belly, and its body covered in silver feathers.

“Foolish tribal warriors, get out of my territory.”

The silver raptor looked down at Lu Jin, speaking with an arrogant and disdainful expression.

"You lowly, hairy beast, how dare you speak to me like that?"

Lu Jin immediately retorted using the language of Jin Zhi.

"Insignificant Lord of Laws, you have angered the mighty Silver Feather True God!"

The silver raptor was enraged, its divine power surging and burning, and its six wings shone brightly with silver light. With a sudden flap, six dazzling silver beams appeared and slashed straight at Lu Jin.

"Humph!"

Lu Jin snorted coldly, activated his three heads and six arms, and the Blood Sea Set materialized, with a blood-red demonic spear emerging. As the Chaos Secret Technique was activated, a black spear beam shot out.

"Bam—"

The next moment, the black spear light met the six silver arcs of light, resulting in a violent collision.

In an instant, the black spear light annihilated the six silver arcs of light with overwhelming force, and then, with its power slightly reduced, it blasted towards the silver raptor.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, accompanied by splattering silver feathers and blood, the silver raptor transformed into a silver meteor and was blasted hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

"Impossible! How could you, a Lord of Laws, possess such power?"

After regaining its footing, the silver raptor exclaimed in disbelief.

"Country folk are strange, and people make a fuss about things they don't know."

Lu Jin said with a look of disdain.

Before the other party said this, Lu Jin was not sure whether the other party had the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique and the True God-level Single-Target Mechanical Flow Treasure.

But now, it's confirmed that this guy is just a nobody with no backing.

(End of this chapter)