Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 305 The Extinguished Flame
Time flies, and 20,000 years later...

The Cosmic Sea, outside the Purple Moon Holy Land, which has a diameter of 2.1 billion light-years.

In the slightly thin chaotic air currents, powerful figures stood in the air, numbering in the thousands, gazing at the enormous Purple Moon Holy Land universe in the far distance.

"Breaking news: The mysterious giant light has appeared 3 billion light-years away. According to the current calculation of more than 80 million times the speed of light, there are only about 40 years left before the actual impact."

"Do you think the Purple Moon Holy Land can hold out?"

"I doubt it. The Purple Moon Holy Land universe is much larger than that mysterious giant light, but the mysterious giant light is too fast. It probably can't withstand it."

"Indeed, with such a large size and such speed, its strength must be extremely high. The Purple Moon Holy Land is probably finished."

"Waiting for the Purple Moon Ancestor to appear and reverse the tide."

"Reversing the tide? Don't be ridiculous."

The microcosm is the foundation of the true god, and the Purple Moon Holy Land universe must also be the foundation of the Purple Moon Ancestor.

If the Purple Moon Ancestor were truly capable of appearing, or of resolving this issue, would he have waited until now? He would have likely already used his power!

"Do you think it's possible that the Cosmic Sea forbids the appearance of those stronger than true gods, and that the Purple Moon Ancestor who has passed through reincarnation could not return long ago?"
The Purple Moon Ancestor within the Purple Moon Holy Land universe was merely an incarnation of divine power.

To maintain their prestige as beings surpassing even true gods, and to facilitate the Purple Moon Holy Land's bluffing, is it that even the powerful figures of the Purple Moon Holy Land rarely see the Purple Moon Ancestor?

"Uh... now that you mention it, it's not entirely impossible?"

"If the Purple Moon Ancestor does not appear later, then this will definitely happen."

"Tsk tsk~, the Heavenly Court has really pulled the two holy lands down from their pedestals this time."

"It's good that the Purple Moon Ancestor appeared; if he hadn't, the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land would be in serious trouble."

"I've heard that the true gods of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land possess more than one supreme treasure?"

The group of onlookers who had arrived early, ready to witness this earth-shattering collision, were buzzing with discussion.

Did the mysterious giant light shatter the Purple Moon Holy Land universe, or did the Purple Moon Holy Land universe block the impact, or did the Purple Moon Ancestor intervene to reverse the situation?

The powerful figures from various factions gathered here in the cosmic sea were filled with anticipation.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, in the void not far away, a majestic white jade palace exuding endless pressure descended.

"This is... the Lingxiao Palace?"

"The Heavenly Emperor has arrived!"

"Should we retreat for now? It's said that the Heavenly Emperor is extremely bloodthirsty and will take out his most powerful treasure to suppress you if he doesn't like you."

"It's just eating melon seeds, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"

"I think it's risky. Don't forget that his clone is the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor, who is known as the 'Blood Sea'. To be on the safe side, I'd better leave first."

Immediately, more than half of the thousands of powerful beings from the cosmic sea gathered there teleported away.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace.

"Ah~"

Seeing that the appearance of the Lingxiao Palace had scared away so many powerful beings from the cosmic sea, Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Then, Lu Jin looked at the Growth King and said, "Growth."

"Emperor of Heaven."

The King of Growth stepped forward to await orders.

Lu Jin ordered, "Go and kill those bastards who have ruined my reputation."

To slander the great Heavenly Emperor is tantamount to violating the Heavenly Laws and deserves death!
As for whether killing him would worsen his reputation, Lu Jin didn't care.

I don't mind the crickets chirping behind my back, but don't let me hear them, or I'll make sure you can't say a word.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

The Heavenly King of Growth bowed and accepted the order, then turned and left the Lingxiao Palace.

Watching the departing figure of the Heavenly King of Growth, the group of human powerhouses who were not affiliated with the Heavenly Court looked at each other in bewilderment within the Lingxiao Palace.

They are indeed extremely bloodthirsty!
At this moment, Giant Axe asked, "Lingxiao, what exactly is that mysterious giant light?"

As early as 20,000 years ago, the mysterious giant light in the cosmic sea caused quite a stir, and the high-ranking members of the human race were naturally aware of it.

However, since the Heavenly Court didn't reveal anything at the time, no one asked.

Now that Lu Jindu has brought them here, it's time to reveal the answer.

Lu Jin said, "A corpse."

"What? A corpse?"

"Is there really such a large corpse?"

The five major powers within the hall were all extremely shocked.

Although, due to the obstruction of the Heavenly Court's powerful figures, no other powerful figures have been able to observe the mysterious giant light up close.

However, based on the vibrations generated by the mysterious giant light's flight, powerful beings in the cosmic sea had already calculated that the unidentified object within the mysterious giant light was over 100 million light-years long.

They had heard of powerful beings with divine bodies before.

For example, the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds of the Ancestral God Sect has a divine body with a diameter of 12 light-years.

However, a divine body spanning 12 light-years is nothing more than a speck of dust compared to a divine body spanning 100 million light-years, let alone comparing it to the divine bodies of other powerful beings in the primordial universe and the cosmic sea.

Lu Jin nodded: "It is indeed a corpse, and this corpse is humanoid in shape, with a length of 1.6 million light-years."

"It seems that a fourth forbidden zone is about to appear in the Cosmic Sea?"

After a moment of contemplation, the Lord of Chaos City spoke.

The appearance of such a large corpse in the cosmic sea must mean there's something special about it; it can't just be a simple corpse.

Lu Jin nodded and said, "Chaos is right. This unknown divine corpse will become the fourth forbidden zone in the Cosmic Sea."

Within the body of the divine corpse lies a vast world, which the Heavenly Court has already explored. Within it are countless cosmic lords and true gods, and even some powerful beings surpassing true gods.

The Heavenly Court needs a special, supreme treasure to travel to this world, and has not yet found an ordinary way to enter.

However, this divine corpse was likely created by the primordial will; once it stops, we should be able to find a specific way to enter it.

"Countless lords of the universe and true gods?"

"A powerhouse surpassing even a true god?"

"Does the primordial will allow such an outrageous world to appear in the cosmic sea?"

As soon as Lu Jin finished speaking, the crowd began to murmur amongst themselves.

The Lord of Darkness said with a puzzled look, "Whether in the primordial universe or the cosmic sea, the primordial will restricts the spread of any information that surpasses the true god."

Since there are beings in this world stronger than true gods, the primordial will should not allow them to appear.

The question then arises: what exactly caused the primordial will to open this breach?

'What else could it be? A realm beast, of course~'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Of course, he wouldn't say it out loud; there would be no point in saying it anyway.

Ordinary True Gods are utterly useless against World Beasts; they're practically useless.

Just like in the original work, there are many true gods in the Cosmic Sea, and even more powerful ones who surpass the top ten true gods and enter the level of Void True Gods, namely the 'Eight Heroes of the Cosmic Sea'.

However, when faced with the crisis of the Beast Realm, it makes no essential difference whether Luo Feng is alone or whether there are a large number of True Gods or the other 'Seven Heroes' in the Cosmic Sea.

At this moment, Lu Jin's teacher, the Lord of Frost, asked, "Lu Jin, can this divine corpse really shatter the Purple Moon Holy Land universe?"

No one can say for sure what the exact impact power of the mysterious giant light was, since nothing so outrageous has ever happened before.

All they knew was that the mysterious giant light traveling at extremely high speeds was enough to easily destroy the treacherous 'Rock Beach', a place with a maximum diameter of millions of light-years.

However, the diameter of the Purple Moon Holy Land universe is two billion light-years, making it far larger than the Rocky Beach.

Moreover, the defenses of a true god's small universe are very strong. The holy land universe of the Purple Moon Ancestor, who has already passed through the cycle of reincarnation, is undoubtedly much stronger in terms of defense than ordinary small universes.

"I don't believe the Purple Moon Holy Land can withstand it."

Lu Jin said with a confident expression.

In the original work, the corpse of the God King of Jin crashed into the spaceship at 30 million times the speed of light.

Not only did it further damage the spaceship, but the shockwave from the impact was so powerful that it could even blast away palace-like treasures hundreds of millions of light-years away, demonstrating the terrifying force of the impact.

Moreover, unlike the original work, the speed at which the corpse of the God King of Jin collided with the universe of the Purple Moon Holy Land was as high as 80 million times the speed of light, and the impact force it could generate was much stronger than that in the original work.

Lu Jin didn't believe that the Purple Moon Holy Land universe could withstand such a terrifying attack that far surpassed the current version.

Ultimately, the Purple Moon Ancestor was merely a Void True God, and not even the kind of Void True God prodigy who could rival an Eternal True God.

However, to be able to have a small universe shattered by the head of the God-King's corpse is an honor for the Purple Moon Ancestor, who is only a Void True God.
Even if the miniature universe shatters, the Purple Moon Ancestor won't die out immediately.

Purple Moon Ancestor: I'd rather not have it!

Forty years later.

"coming!"

"A mysterious giant light has arrived!"

Outside the Purple Moon Holy Land universe, more than two thousand powerful beings from the Cosmic Sea, who sensed the strong shockwaves, became excited.

After waiting for over 20,000 years, we are finally about to witness a grand spectacle!

Of course, there is still some distance to go, and the final collision is still more than a year away.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

The next moment, the powerful figures gathered here all used teleportation to leave the Purple Moon Holy Land universe.

The mysterious giant light collided with the Purple Moon Holy Land universe, and the resulting impact force would undoubtedly be world-destroying.

Let alone top-tier and peak palace-type treasures, even the strongest palace-type treasures can mostly be destroyed.

They came to join in the fun, but they didn't want to become part of the fun themselves.

Not only the many powerful figures in the Cosmic Sea, but also Lu Jin, directly teleported the Lingxiao Palace to hundreds of millions of light-years away from the Purple Moon Holy Palace.

Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of light-years away in the universe of the Purple Moon Holy Land, palaces and treasures of various styles floated in the void, waiting for the grand scene to unfold.

Inside the Purple Moon Temple in the Purple Moon Holy Land.

On the throne at the head of the hall, the divine incarnation of the Purple Moon Ancestor was filled with despair.

"Ha~, where in this world is there an eternal holy land? After so many cycles of reincarnation, perhaps it's time for it to end."

The Purple Moon Ancestor said this with self-deprecation.

The Purple Moon Ancestor knew that his miniature universe was beyond saving.

The Heavenly Court is too powerful. Even if all the strongest beings in the entire universe were tied together, they would not be a match for the Heavenly Court, let alone the Purple Moon Holy Land.

"Ling Xiao, whatever you do, don't let the Ancestor see you, otherwise...!"

Just as he was about to utter a harsh remark from afar, the Purple Moon Ancestor suddenly thought of Lu Jin's current strength and couldn't help but sigh deeply, falling into a state of dejection once again.

If Lu Jin were to appear on the Origin Continent, he would undoubtedly have reached the Void True God realm. As a fellow Void True God, how could he possibly be a match for a prodigy like Lu Jin?

If I were to actually encounter them, I might not even have the courage to fight them.

Not to mention that after the destruction of the miniature universe, his strength, which was not particularly strong among the Void Gods to begin with, would be further reduced.

At this moment, two powerful figures appeared outside the Purple Moon Temple.

“The progenitor, Luchong (Jueyuan), requests an audience.”

The newly promoted True Gods of the Purple Moon Holy Land, Deer Insect True God and Jueyuan True God, announced loudly outside the hall.

After a long while, the majestic palace doors opened, and the voice of the Purple Moon Ancestor echoed from the temple: "Come in."

Immediately, the True God of Deer and the True God of Enlightenment entered the hall.

“Lu Chong (Jueyuan) pays respects to the progenitor.”

The two bowed to the Purple Moon Ancestor.

"No gift."

The Purple Moon Ancestor, having regained his original divine appearance, waved his hand.

“Ancestor, within our small universe, the number of our race members has already reached a considerable scale.”

"This is what the Deer Insect God said."

"Lu Chong, Jue Yuan, the future of the Purple Moon Clan will most likely depend on you. You must ensure that the Purple Moon Clan continues to exist."

"The Purple Moon Ancestor said with a serious expression."

By dividing the cosmic origin into two parts and bestowing them upon Luchong and Jueyuan, the Purple Moon Ancestor did not intend to resist the powerful Heavenly Court with the two of them barely reaching the eighth-order True God level.

Most importantly, it's about giving the Purple Moon Clan one last chance.

All life within the Holy Land universe is bound to the Purple Moon Holy Land universe.

Once the Holy Land universe is destroyed, all its members will perish instantly.

However, the newly ascended true gods in the Holy Land universe are an exception.

Now that Luchong and Jueyuan have entered the realm of true gods and possess miniature universes, they have been reborn. Apart from being unable to enter the primordial universe, they are almost identical to the true gods of the third reincarnation era.

Even if the Holy Land universe is destroyed, the two of them will still have two and a half reincarnations left in their lifespan.

During this period, if Luchong and Jueyuan can achieve the status of Void True God, then even if the Purple Moon Holy Land is destroyed, the Purple Moon Clan can rebuild the Holy Land.

Of course, the Purple Moon Ancestor also knew that this possibility was extremely slim.

Therefore, he only bestowed two portions of the cosmic origin, without giving more, and reserved most of the origin to deal with the current crisis.

After all, the strength of the origin also represents the strength of the smaller universe.

What if his own miniature universe was originally capable of blocking the impact of the mysterious giant light?

As a result, because the origin was divided too much, the small universe became weak and was actually smashed. Wouldn't that be like courting death?
"Yes, ancestor."

The True Gods of Deer and Insect and the True God of Enlightenment responded.

Then, with a thought, the Purple Moon Ancestor manifested two purple world rings, which flew to the two of them.

The Purple Moon Ancestor said, "These two worlds contain most of the treasures accumulated by my Purple Moon Holy Land over countless reincarnations, and now I hand them over to you."

As he spoke, another black world ring materialized and landed in front of the Deer Insect True God.

The Purple Moon Ancestor said with a serious expression, "Deer Insect, there are ten supreme treasures in this world ring."

"You should offer it to the Heavenly Court in exchange for them ceasing their targeting. Otherwise, given your strength, you will absolutely not escape the Heavenly Court's pursuit."

"Ancestor!"

Upon hearing this, the True God of Deer and Insects couldn't help but exclaim.

Kneel down and beg for mercy from the Heavenly Court?
The calamity facing the Holy Land universe this time was caused by the Heavenly Court's vicious scheme. He would rather die than kneel down and beg for mercy from his mortal enemy!

The Purple Moon Ancestor shouted: "Deer worm! The law of the jungle, where the strong survive, is an eternal truth in this world."

With great power comes great responsibility; you are the last chance for your community.

If you feel this is a disgrace, then remember this disgrace and transform it into motivation for your cultivation.

"Yes, ancestor."

The two responded with sorrowful expressions.

Ancestor Purple Moon waved his hand: "Go, return to your small universe. If the Holy Land fails to survive this calamity, the presence of the two of you will be of no use."

After receiving the World Ring, the Deer Insect True God and the Jueyuan True God bowed deeply and then left the temple.

Beyond the Purple Moon Holy Land, within the majestic Lingxiao Palace.

"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, the two newly promoted True Gods of the Purple Moon Holy Land, Lu Chong and Jue Yuan, have already left the Purple Moon Holy Land universe."

Suddenly, a divine incarnation of a celestial general reported to Lu Jinbing.

Long before the 'mysterious giant light' was discovered by the Purple Moon Holy Land, Lu Jin arranged for many celestial generals to be stationed outside the Purple Moon Holy Land's universe to keep an eye on its every move.

The emergence of two new True Gods in the Purple Moon Holy Land could not be kept secret from the Heavenly Court.

After all, if two small universes with diameters of hundreds of millions of light-years flew out of the Purple Moon Holy Land universe, it would be impossible not to see them if people were assigned to keep watch.

Of course, at first, the Heavenly Court did not know who the two cosmic lords who had entered the True God realm in the Purple Moon Holy Land were.

However, when the deer and the insect, after achieving true godhood, left their own small universe and returned to the Purple Moon Holy Land universe some time ago, the Heavenly Court figured out their identities.

Given that the two were very likely to return to the Purple Moon Holy Land universe to receive the transferred essence, Lu Jin held back and did not eliminate them immediately.

"Having wide eyesight and extensive knowledge."

Lu Jin looked at the two Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions.

"Emperor of Heaven."

Virupaksha and Vaishravana stepped forward.

Lu Jin instructed, "The Purple Moon Holy Land is on the verge of destruction. Lu Chong and Jue Yuan are the last remaining sparks of the Purple Moon Clan, and they likely carry a great deal of the Purple Moon Holy Land's resources. Go and suppress them."

Lu Chong and Jue Yuan are true gods born from the Holy Land Universe. If they are truly the seeds of the Purple Moon Holy Land, then they must possess supreme treasures of the palace type.

Although the two Heavenly Kings are powerful, their opponents possess supreme treasures of the palace type, making it unlikely that they can be killed; suppression is sufficient.

Other forces use supreme treasures of the sealing type to suppress true gods; that's all they can do.

But for the Heavenly Court, as long as they can suppress, they can also kill.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

The two Heavenly Kings bowed and accepted the order, then turned and left the Lingxiao Palace.

Amidst the endless chaotic currents, two figures teleported forward, heading towards their respective miniature universes.

The two are none other than the True God of Deer and the True God of Enlightenment.

The two ascended to true godhood at the same time, and their respective miniature universes were not far apart, so they were on the same route.

"One thought and the void is created!"

Suddenly, a low murmur rang out.

"Rumble--"

In an instant, the world changed color, and time and space shifted.

At that moment, an area spanning hundreds of light-years was instantly isolated from the outside world. The outermost area, whether up, down, left, right, east, south, west, or north, all became a blurry void.

Faced with this sudden change, the Deer Insect True God and the Jueyuan True God were startled and hurriedly took out the most powerful palace-type treasures to hide inside.

"Shh!"

The figures of the two true gods vanished, replaced by two supreme treasures of the palace type: a towering cliff and a dazzling golden pagoda.

The Purple Moon Holy Land has existed for a very long time. Even if it adds one supreme treasure every ten reincarnations, over countless years, the Purple Moon Holy Land can still possess a large number of supreme treasures.

With such a large base of supreme treasures, there is naturally no shortage of supreme treasures of the palace type.

"Heh~, hiding in a palace-type supreme treasure is useful now?"

"The Heavenly King Guangmu said with a light laugh."

Following the sound, the Deer Insect True God and the Jueyuan True God saw two four-winged figures, one wearing golden armor and the other black armor, appearing in mid-air dozens of light-years away.

"May I ask where you two are from?"

The voice of the True God Jueyuan emanated from the dazzling golden pagoda.

"The Heavenly Court, the Western Heavenly King Virupaksha."

"The Heavenly Court, the Northern Heavenly King Vaishravana."

The two Heavenly Kings, who disdained to conceal their identities, spoke.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chong and Jue Yuan's expressions changed drastically inside the Supreme Treasure Palace.

Immediately, the True God of Deer and Insects shouted, "Two Heavenly Kings, please hold your hands. My Purple Moon Holy Land has no intention of being an enemy of the Heavenly Court. To express our apologies, we are willing to offer our most precious treasure to resolve this conflict on the orders of our Ancestor."

"Hmph! My glorious Heavenly Court has no need for evil forces to offer up their stolen goods."

The Heavenly King Vaishravana snorted coldly.

Offering a treasure?

Do you need to offer your contribution?

My Heavenly Court won't confiscate stolen goods on its own?
Having said that, the two Heavenly Kings activated their three heads and six arms, and the second layer of secret runes of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor was driven. A terrifying aura of divine power permeated the air as they respectively summoned the palace-type supreme treasures 'Azure Rock Tower' and 'Diamond Glazed Palace' to be used as sealing treasures.

Instantly, a powerful suction force erupted from the two supreme palace-type treasures, acting upon the towering cliffs of the Deer Insect True God and the dazzling golden pagoda of the Jueyuan True God.

Immediately afterwards, boundless golden and black light spread out, and two supreme domains condensed, followed by the formation of a golden divine sword and a black divine halberd that were millions of kilometers long.

It's a bit of a pity that, due to his relatively low level of mastery of secret techniques, his comprehension is ultimately no match for the very few prodigies.

Even though they had possessed the Nine Heavens Divine Armor for quite some time, none of the twelve true gods of the Heavenly Court, including Duowen and Guangmu, nor the true god-level empress, had been able to comprehend the third layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor's secret runes.

The power amplification of this True God-level Mechanical Treasure is still only at the second level for the time being.

"boom!"

The golden sword and black halberd, carrying terrifying power, crashed down, accompanied by a violent explosion. Under this extremely terrifying impact, the towering cliff and the dazzling golden pagoda were directly blasted towards the Jade Rock Pagoda and the Vajra Glazed Palace.

To be honest, it's just a simplified version of the "One Thought to Emptiness" technique of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor and Wings, which is not comparable to the true "One Thought to Emptiness" of the Void True God.

Otherwise, when they formed their own independent void within a radius of hundreds of light-years, Lu Chong and Jue Yuan, who only possessed the strength of an eighth-order true god thanks to the supreme treasure, would have already turned into two true god corpses.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

A series of violent roars suddenly erupted.

"Do not--"

Before long, under the unwilling roars of the deer worm and Jueyuan, the towering cliffs and the dazzling golden pagoda were uncontrollably sealed by the Biyan Pagoda and the Vajra Glazed Palace, which were also supreme treasures of the palace category.

Subsequently, the supreme domain dissipated, and the surrounding space-time returned to normal. The two Heavenly Kings, who had put away the two supreme palace treasures, disappeared into the void.

Suppressing two newly promoted True Gods who weren't particularly strong was just a piece of cake for the two Heavenly Kings who were fourteenth-tier True Gods.

(End of this chapter)