Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 304 The Perilous Situation of the Purple Moon Holy Land
"Shh!"

With a thought, Lu Jin took out twenty dark black four-winged humanoid warrior sculptures from his external storage space.

Subsequently, twenty sets of Nine Heavens Divine Armor flew to the figures of Zi Ni Chang, Hong Er and the other seven, the Eight Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions and Four Seasons, as well as the Ancestor of Demon Beasts, the Lord of Shi Hua Island, the Lord of the Northern Frontier, and the True God of E Yu.

Lu Jin said, "The True God-level Mechanical Flow Treasure 'Nine Heavens Divine Armor' contains three core runes. Each time a rune is activated, the strength can be increased by one level, and the upper limit is extremely high."

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor."

The eight Heavenly Kings and four true god servants thanked them with excited expressions.

As for Zi Ni Chang and the other seven, they secretly discussed how to serve the great Heavenly Emperor well after the meeting.

Meanwhile, the cosmic lords inside the hall who failed to obtain the Nine Heavens Divine Armor were also burning with desire.

Especially during his trials in the world of Jin, he encountered an opponent who possessed a mechanical treasure and lost his life, a universe master who had taken a trip through the Hall of Immortal Transformation.

Lu Jin glanced at everyone and said, "Those who create a seventh-tier secret technique can apply to obtain the Nine Heavens Divine Armor."

If one's cultivation level hasn't reached the point of creating a seventh-tier secret technique, even with the Bodhi Tree's blessing of enlightenment, it's highly unlikely that one can fully comprehend the third core rune of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor, and even comprehending the second core rune would require a significant amount of time.

Moreover, the Nine Heavens Divine Armor has a very high level of effectiveness and potential, and it is not suitable for use by the 'weak'.

For example, during the past eight hundred epochs, the Qiankun Cauldron was idle for a long time. Through the automatic treasure refining mode, the Lingbao Hall already had a large stock of Blood Sea Sets.

However, the Blood Sea Set will only be available to Universe Lords. Even if someone is a Universe Overlord or a Top Universe Overlord, their life level will not be available to them.

It's not that the Lingbao Hall is out of stock, but rather that the treasures are too high-level, and if they can't protect their own strength, then it's tantamount to aiding the enemy.

Without the protagonist's destiny, even the most powerful treasures cannot be kept.

Before long, the meeting ended, and everyone returned to their respective divine kingdoms or miniature universes to refine the bloodline source crystals sixty thousand times stronger and expand their divine bodies.

The 60,000-fold life gene belongs to the second level of the divine power route. Compared with the first level of the divine power route of 30,000-fold life gene, the upper limit of the divine body height is increased by another hundred times.

The volume of a divine body is a cube of its height. If the maximum height of a divine body is increased by a hundredfold, the maximum volume of the divine body can be increased by a millionfold.

Thanks to the divine power: Law of Heaven and Earth, the upper limit of divine power has been increased by a million times on the basis of the already super-great divine body. This expansion of the divine bodies of most of the Heavenly Court's strongmen is destined to take a considerable amount of time.

As for 'Chang'e Fairy', she led the 'Seven Fairies' to madly provoke His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor.

After a month, it was finally suppressed by His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor with absolute power.

Afterwards, Lu Jin went to Baihua Royal Court again.

He gave the Empress a Nine Heavens Divine Armor, and also gave Minglian and the others a Golden-Winged Roc each.

The Golden-Winged Roc can also be produced automatically through the Qiankun Cauldron, and the production speed is not slow.

During the three thousand years that he spent comprehending the three secret patterns of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor, in addition to more than thirty pieces of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor, the Qiankun Cauldron also produced twenty pieces of Golden-Winged Roc.

In addition, Lu Jin also gave the 60,000 times the gene bloodline source crystal to seventeen high-ranking members of the royal court, including the empress.

The Heavenly Court has all the rulers of the universes, and naturally, the imperial court's concubines should also have them.

Eight hundred years later.

The Cosmic Sea, a minor danger zone known as the 'Rocky Beach'.

Above the treacherous 'Rock Beach,' a place teeming with endless water and countless massive reefs, a supreme palace, its surface covered with reliefs of birds, beasts, insects, and fish, is rapidly soaring through the air.

"Alas~, when will I, Deer Insect, be able to return to the status of a sixth-order universe master?"

Inside the supreme treasure palace, the 'Deer and Insect Temple', the Lord of Deer and Insects sighed.

Inside the tomb ship, the legacy of Duan Donghe was born, but he failed to obtain it.

When the inheritance ended, even the most powerful treasure, the 'Deer Insect Divine Armor,' was extorted by the Heavenly King Xuanwu of the Heavenly Court, leaving them almost penniless.

Even though they come from the Holy Land, if they fail to make significant contributions, the Holy Land will not bestow upon them the most powerful treasures as a reward.

After losing the Deer Insect Divine Armor, and lacking any supreme treasures, his strength plummeted from a sixth-tier universe lord, second only to an ordinary true god, to a top-tier fifth-tier universe lord.

As his strength declined, so did his status and position within the Purple Moon Holy Land.

The Lord of the Deer and Insects was deeply saddened by this. He desperately hoped to obtain another supreme treasure and return to the ranks of the sixth-order universe lords.

So, after returning to the Holy Land Universe and feeling sad and heartbroken for a long time, and after failing to make any breakthroughs in his secluded cultivation, he left the Holy Land Universe and came to the Cosmic Sea to search for treasures.

Let's see if we can gain the favor of the original will again and obtain the most powerful treasure once more.

Suddenly, a tremor entered the Deer Insect Temple.

'Um? '

Upon noticing the anomaly, the Lord of the Deer and Insects looked surprised and suspicious. However, just as he was about to investigate further...

"boom!"

A massive, dazzling beam of light hurtled towards them from afar and crashed directly into the Deer Insect Temple.

At this moment, before this enormous and dazzling light, even a top-tier ninth-order True God could not damage the supreme treasure palace in the slightest. It was as fragile as a soap bubble, instantly turning into countless fragments and scattering.

Meanwhile, the true form of the Deer-Insect Lord, who was wearing the supreme-grade armor of the highest level, instantly turned to ashes.

"???"

In the Purple Moon Holy Land universe, in the Realm of Gods, inside the Deer Insect Palace, the Deer Insect Lord's avatar looked completely bewildered.

What's happening here?
Just now, it seems that an unknown entity made a move and instantly killed my true self inside the Palace of Supreme Treasures.
No, it's not as simple as just instantly killing your own body.

In the instant before his own demise, he seemed to see his Deer Insect Temple being destroyed by an incredibly terrifying material attack.

It's outrageous!
It should be noted that although his Deer Insect Temple is not a supreme treasure among palaces, it is still a top-tier supreme treasure palace. He has never heard of a true god being able to destroy a top-tier supreme treasure palace.

'Could it be an extraordinary opportunity like the one that broke through the Eastern River?'

The Lord of Deer and Insects thought to himself.

Lord Deer Insect had no choice but to think this way, because in his understanding, although the Deer Insect Temple was not absolutely invincible, there was no super strong being who could shatter the Deer Insect Temple into pieces with a single blow.

The largest diameter of the rocky beach is only a few million light-years, and it is not a place where even a true god would have a nine-out-of-ten chance of death. Therefore, there is no natural danger that could instantly destroy a supreme treasure palace.

Without hesitation, the Lord of Deer and Insects thought for a moment. As his clone's divine power was greatly depleted, his true self was re-formed. He then took a set of top-tier treasures and hurriedly headed towards the rocky beach.

First come, first served. Having missed the inheritance of the Broken East River, the Lord of the Deer and Insects would never allow himself to miss another heaven-defying opportunity.

A week later.

Hurry, hurry! The Lord of the Deer and Insects, riding the supreme treasure palace, finally arrived at the rocky beach.

"This is a rocky beach?!"

Looking at the scattered streams of water in his field of vision, the Lord of Deer and Insects was shocked.

No wonder his Deer Insect Temple shattered instantly. Under that unknown and terrifying attack, even the rocky beach with a maximum diameter of millions of light-years was in such a state. How could the Deer Insect Temple have escaped unscathed?
Looking around, the Lord of the Deer Insects couldn't discern anything due to the dense, chaotic airflow.

After a moment's thought, the Lord of Deer and Insects began to carefully examine the rocky beach.

After half a month, through the remaining scenery of the rocky beach and after eliminating all the impossibilities, the deer and insects arrived at a conclusion that seemed outrageous, but was the only truth.

A colossal object of incredible speed swept across and shattered a rocky beach with a maximum diameter of millions of light-years!
Meanwhile, his true self, who was riding the Deer Insect Temple in search of treasure on the rocky beach at the time, was simply caught in the crossfire.

Subsequently, based on the results of the investigation and the approximate flight direction of the unknown behemoth, the Lord of the Deer Insects controlled the Supreme Treasure Palace to teleport away.

He wanted to see what kind of object destroyed the rocky beach, which had a maximum diameter of millions of light-years.

The next day.

The Cosmic Sea, a remote place.

"boom!"

In the void filled with endless chaotic energy, a huge corpse transformed into a dazzling stream of light and sped forward.

Meanwhile, a majestic black temple radiating endless pressure appeared intermittently not far from the enormous, rapidly flying divine corpse.

Inside the Black Stone Temple, hundreds of celestial generals stood in the center of the hall, with the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra sitting at the head, controlling the Black Stone Temple and closely following the divine corpse.

Suddenly, Dhritarashtra frowned and turned to look behind him.

In the far distance, a supreme palace of unparalleled treasures was rapidly teleporting toward the divine corpse.

"Humph~"

With a cold snort, the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra instantly manifested his Nine Heavens Divine Armor, and endless blue light emanated from his body, instantly covering hundreds of light-years.

The next moment, the Black Stone Temple vanished from its original location and teleported to the supreme treasure palace in the far distance behind.

"That is."

With his gaze spanning across space, staring at the enormous, dazzling light moving at incredible speed in the far distance, the Lord of the Deer Insects was stunned.

If he wasn't mistaken, the size of this unknown light was second only to the Primordial Universe and the Holy Land Universe.
"Shh!"

Just as he was about to teleport closer to observe, the Deer Insect Lord in the Supreme Treasure Palace felt the surrounding world enveloped by endless azure light, and a majestic black temple appeared hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying restrictive force descended, directly imprisoning his supreme treasure palace in the void.

"The Black Stone Temple? The Heavenly King Dhritarashtra of the Heavenly Court?!"

Upon recognizing this supreme treasure of the palace type and connecting it to its current user, the Lord of Deer and Insects couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"You audacious fiend, sneaking around this Heavenly King! You shall be executed!"

Dhritarashtra shouted, his supernatural powers activated: Three Heads and Six Arms activated, the second layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor was activated, and as the secret technique was activated, a million-kilometer-long azure divine mace condensed from within the domain, and then crashed down with world-destroying power.

"boom--"

A violent explosion rang out, accompanied by the crashing of the million-kilometer-long Azure Divine Mace. The Deer Insect Lord's supreme treasure palace instantly shattered into countless fragments.

Meanwhile, the Deer-Insect Lord within the Supreme Treasure Palace was instantly reduced to ashes.

With the supernatural powers of the third level of Triple Six Arms, the second level of Nine Heavens Divine Armor, and the 60,000 times life gene, the Heavenly King of the Nation, whose secret technique was originally only at the top level of the eighth rank, unleashed a power of a full fourteenth rank.

Faced with such a powerful material attack, unless it is a supreme treasure like a palace, the Lord of the Deer Insects will inevitably face certain death.

Glancing at the scattered fragments of the treasure, Dhritarashtra, the Heavenly King of the Black Stone Temple, curled his lip in disdain.

Then, the Blackrock Temple disappeared, and it teleported again to catch up with the enormous, rapidly flying god corpse.

Inside the Deer and Insect Palace of the Purple Moon Holy Land, in the Realm of the Gods. "Chao!"

The moment the main body fell again, the deer-insect lord's avatar in the temple immediately began to speak eloquently.

So sad!

First, the Heavenly King Xuanwu blocked their door and extorted their supreme treasure, the 'Deer Insect Divine Armor'.

Later, the original body went to the Cosmic Sea to search for treasures, but was inexplicably affected. Not only did it lose its life, but it also lost all the treasures it was carrying.

He went to investigate the situation, but unexpectedly encountered the Heavenly King of the Heavenly Court again. He lost his life once more, and all the treasures he was carrying were lost again.

Having lost two sets of top-tier treasures in succession, plus the Deer Insect Divine Armor from the beginning, his originally abundant wealth is now insufficient even for his own use.

The only treasure that could match his strength as a top-tier fifth-order universe master was the set on his clone.

When the original body was reunited later, he couldn't even collect a complete set of ultimate treasures.

"Wait a minute~, the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra from the Heavenly Court smashed my supreme treasure palace with a single mace?"

Suddenly, the Lord of the Deer Insects realized something crucial.

The Four Heavenly Kings of the Four Seasons in the Heavenly Court are very powerful, a fact that the Lord of Deer and Insects is well aware of.

But based on past intelligence, it wasn't so outrageous as to shatter a supreme treasure palace with a single blow!
Report it! It absolutely must be reported!

Immediately, the Lord of the Deer and Insects flew out of the temple.

Not long after, inside the Purple Moon Temple.

"Deer Insect, are you saying that the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra of the Heavenly Court shattered your supreme treasure palace with a single move?"

The Purple Moon Ancestor asked with a shocked expression.

It should be understood that in the cosmic sea, the divine power of a true god is limited to the level of a perfect genetic universe master.

The Supreme Treasure Palace was already incredibly sturdy, and to be able to shatter it in one move, wouldn't that represent the strength of the Heavenly King of the Heavenly Court? Even if he wasn't as strong as the Void True God, he wasn't far off.
"Yes, ancestor."

The Lord of Deer and Insects nodded solemnly.

The Purple Moon Ancestor pressed further, "What exactly is the situation?"

"The progenitor, that's how it is."

The Lord of the Deer and Insects recounted the events, including how the perilous, rocky beach was destroyed by an unknown, terrifying beam of light.

A terrifying, gigantic light?

After understanding the situation, the Purple Moon Ancestor frowned slightly, and then asked, "Which way did that terrifying giant light fly?"

"According to the maps collected from the Holy Land, this unknown, terrifying giant light will subsequently pass through thousands of mountains, secluded cliffs, tranquil seas, and sandy rivers."

As they were talking, the Lord of the Deer Insects stopped, his expression suddenly changing.

"how?"

The Purple Moon Ancestor asked.

Having been away from the Cosmic Sea for countless years, apart from the three forbidden zones and a few well-known high-danger areas, the Purple Moon Ancestor truly did not know the locations of the major dangerous areas in the Cosmic Sea.

After all, many of the dangerous places in the Cosmic Sea only came into existence after the Purple Moon Ancestor went through reincarnation, and some of them disappeared over time.

The Lord of the Deer and Insects said with a solemn expression, "Ancestor, if the calculation is correct, this terrifying giant light is flying towards our Holy Land Universe."

"what?!"

The Purple Moon Ancestor was greatly alarmed.

Was it flying towards its own miniature universe?

Something was flying towards his miniature universe, but the Purple Moon Ancestor remained calm.

After all, no one knew the Purple Moon Holy Land universe's defensive capabilities better than him.

But if the flying object is too fast, too big, and too sturdy, then it's hard to say.

It's important to know that the cosmic sea may contain some truly extraordinary things.

If the incoming object were an unknown behemoth similar to a spaceship, its value might far exceed his imagination, but if it were to collide with his own small universe, it would be no less than taking his life.

No, at this moment, the Purple Moon Ancestor was certain that this incoming giant light was definitely enough to pose a serious threat to his universe, and might even be able to directly shatter his small universe.

The fact that the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra of the Heavenly Court happened to appear near the giant light is enough to prove this point.

Although its own miniature universe is quite large, with a diameter of 2.1 billion light-years, it is not small.

Compared to the endless ocean of the universe, one's own small universe seems insignificant.

Statistically speaking, it's highly unlikely that a colossal object traveling at extremely high speed would appear in the cosmic ocean and collide with its own miniature universe.

This must be because the despicable, shameless, and extremely treacherous Heavenly Court was the first to discover this colossal, high-speed flying creature.

Then, by attacking it, the trajectory of its flight was altered, causing this behemoth to crash into its own miniature universe.

Ultimately, they achieved two goals at once: stopping this behemoth while simultaneously destroying their own miniature universe.

Most importantly, the Purple Moon Ancestor also recalled the strange behavior of the Heavenly Court Universe Lord from an era ago, who mobilized a large number of people to come to the Cosmic Sea for training and occupied and monopolized some dangerous places.

Needless to say, the Heavenly Court at that time must have already discovered this terrifying giant light and then launched an evil conspiracy against the Purple Moon Holy Land.

Fortunately, the deer worm was discovered in advance; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"How vicious the Heavenly Court is!"

Having figured out the key point, the Purple Moon Ancestor burst into curses.

Without hesitation, the Purple Moon Ancestor immediately summoned all the Universe Lords within the Holy Land who had created their own top-tier fifth-order secret techniques.

After a selection process, the Purple Moon Ancestor, with a heavy heart, divided the universe's origin into two parts and bestowed them upon the Deer Insect Lord who had made great contributions and another sixth-order universe lord.

The Great Sage True God has fallen, the Awakening True God has fallen, and the newly promoted Profound Bright True God has also fallen. The Holy Land no longer has any True Gods.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, the Purple Moon Ancestor couldn't care less about the financial pain.

Otherwise, how will the Purple Moon Holy Land cope with the upcoming crisis if it doesn't even have a true god?

Of course, the Purple Moon Ancestor also knew that even if the Purple Moon Holy Land had two more True Gods, it wouldn't change the overall situation; it would only add a bit more resistance.

After bestowing two portions of the cosmic origin, the Purple Moon Ancestor solemnly said, "The Holy Land is facing a great crisis. You must immediately spread the news of the mysterious giant light that appeared throughout the entire universe."

We must join forces with all parties to intercept the object within that giant light outside the Holy Land's universe, or alter its trajectory.

"Yes, ancestor!"

The lords of the holy lands and universes responded in deep voices.

At this moment, all the universe lords of the Purple Moon Holy Land understood.

Since the ancestor's miniature universe transformed into the Holy Land universe, the Purple Moon Holy Land has faced its first crisis concerning life and death.

If the issue is not properly resolved, the Purple Moon Holy Land may very well cease to exist.

Within just one month, news that a mysterious giant light had appeared in the Cosmic Sea and was rapidly flying towards the Purple Moon Holy Land spread throughout all the forces in the Cosmic Sea.

This news has been confirmed; more than one true god has gone to the now-ruined rocky beach to travel back in time and explore the past.

However, the nature of this mysterious giant light remains unknown to the outside world.

To travel back in time and explore the past, one can only see images.

The object flying towards the Purple Moon Holy Land was shrouded in dazzling light due to its high speed, making its original appearance impossible to discern.

If one could observe closely at close range, even a powerful True God could discern what the mysterious giant light was.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Court is on high alert, prohibiting any powerful individual from approaching within a radius of tens of millions of light-years centered on the mysterious giant light.

Whenever a powerful figure tries to force their way in, the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra of the Heavenly Court will immediately teleport to their location.

After that terrifyingly powerful, million-kilometer-long azure mace forcefully shattered several supreme treasure palaces, no powerful figure dared to cross the line again.

A few true gods who possess supreme treasures of the palace type are confident that they can withstand the earth-shattering mace of the Heavenly King of the Nation.

After all, the defensive ceiling of a palace-type supreme treasure is far greater than that of a peak supreme treasure like a palace.

However, it should be noted that the Heavenly Court has more than just the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra; the Heavenly Court also has no shortage of supreme treasures of the sealing and suppressing type.

If anyone dares to force their way in, even if they possess the most powerful treasures in the palace category, they will inevitably be killed.

Action means death, so the true gods of the cosmic sea naturally dared not force their way in.

Of course, eating melons is a natural instinct of intelligent life.

Although they didn't know what the object in the mysterious giant light was, the powerful figures from various forces gathered in the cosmic sea did not disperse.

Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well join in the fun.

Let's see if the Purple Moon Holy Land universe can withstand the impact of the mysterious giant light, and also see what this mysterious giant light is all about.

If this thing is like a spaceship, it would be a good thing for all the forces in the universe.

Moreover, once the mysterious giant light stops, the Heavenly Court will surely be unable to defend itself.

Such a large object is beyond the Heavenly Court's ability to completely seal off the space.

The Lord of the Universe, who possesses clones, can break through the blockade of the Heavenly Court's powerful figures with a single teleportation.

It can be said that the Purple Moon Ancestor's self-rescue plan was directly declared bankrupt under the absolute force of the Heavenly Court.

The only effect of the entire self-rescue plan was to make all the forces in the Cosmic Sea aware that a mysterious giant light had appeared in the Cosmic Sea.

Incidentally, it also lets all forces know that the Purple Moon Holy Land in the future Cosmic Sea may no longer exist.

Similarly, all parties are curious about what trump cards the Purple Moon Holy Land will use to deal with the current crisis.

The ultimate fate of the Purple Moon Holy Land will influence the attitudes of various forces in the Cosmic Sea towards the Eastern Emperor Holy Land.

If the ancestor of the Purple Moon Holy Land does not appear at that time, it means that the ancestor of the Holy Land universe has already passed through the cycle of reincarnation and is just a paper tiger, which is not worth worrying about.

(End of this chapter)