Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 316 Enslaving the Beast Zorro
Then, the two-faced ancestral god said solemnly, "The Beast Zorro has devoured all the small universes of the two great reincarnation era true gods in the Cosmic Sea, and is now devouring the origin of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land universe."

The Holy Land's cosmic origin is incredibly abundant, far surpassing the small cosmic origin of a true god. Once it succeeds, it will undoubtedly become a terrifying sixth-order world beast, and subsequently, the king of world beasts.

For the sake of countless lives in the primordial universe, we urge the Heavenly Emperor to intervene in time and avert this cataclysmic crisis.

"Yes, what the two-faced ancestral god said makes sense. For the sake of countless living beings in the primordial universe, the world beasts must indeed be eliminated."

Lu Jin nodded in agreement, but then changed his tone and said, "However, the Beast of the Realm is extremely powerful and ferocious, and even I dare not say that I can win with certainty."

If anything were to happen to me, what would become of the Heavenly Court?
Therefore, eliminating the Beasts of the Realm requires careful consideration.

I hope the three ancestral gods will forgive me; as the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, I must act with utmost care.

In short, unless the primordial will offers conditions that satisfy him, it's not time to exterminate the world beasts!
The young ancestral god retorted, "The Heavenly Emperor is mistaken!"

Currently, humans occupy more than 90% of the territory in the entire primordial universe.

The territory occupied by the human race is mainly the territory under the command of the Heavenly Court.

"When the Heavenly Emperor eradicated the Beasts of the Realm, wasn't he protecting countless members of the Heavenly Court?"

Lu Jin nodded in agreement and said, "That's true, but I haven't been a true god for long and my accumulation is still shallow. I'm not confident that I can kill the world beast."

"Therefore, after countless epochs, when my strength reaches its peak and I am absolutely certain, it will not be too late to kill the World Beast."

Three Ancestral Gods: "."

After countless epochs?

If this trend continues, let alone billions of epochs later, even just ten thousand epochs later, the Beast Zorro might have already become the King of Beasts and begun to devour the origin of the primordial universe.

The elderly ancestral god said, "Heavenly Emperor, it is not a problem for the primordial will to release the suppressed progenitor, as long as the progenitor does not provoke the primordial will again in the future."

However, separating one's consciousness to continuously cultivate within the origin of the universe is not permitted by the rules governing the universe's operation; even if the will of the origin were willing, it would be impossible.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin silently picked up the teacup on the table, but didn't drink it; he just held it in his hand and looked at it.

Seeing that Lu Jin was playing the "serving tea and seeing off" trick, the three ancestral gods exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

Then, the two-faced ancestral god said, "Heavenly Emperor, although separating one's consciousness to continuously merge with the origin of the universe for cultivation is not allowed by the rules, the will of the origin never mistreats any life born from the original universe."

Lu Jin put down his teacup, turned his gaze to the two-faced Ancestral God, and gestured for him to state his price.

The two-faced ancestral god continued, "If the Heavenly Emperor can annihilate the World Beasts, the Origin Will promises that at the end of this cycle, your consciousness will be integrated into the origin of the universe, allowing you to experience the destruction and birth of the primordial universe."

Taking a sip of tea, Lu Jin shook his head and said, "Comprehending the destruction and birth of the primordial universe sounds good, but it won't be realized until the end of this cycle. That's a bit of a long time."

If my calculations are correct, there are still approximately six trillion epochs left until the end of this cycle?

The elderly ancestral god hurriedly said, "Heavenly Emperor, all actions of the primordial will can only be carried out within the limits of the rules."

To perceive the destruction and birth of the primordial universe at the end of the cycle of reincarnation is already the limit allowed by the rules.

Regarding the issue of excessive time, under the constraints of the rules, the primordial will could not prematurely bring about the Great Cataclysm of the original universe.

"Tsk~, I still feel a bit caught in a dilemma."

Lu Jin tapped his fingers lightly on the table in front of him and clicked his tongue.

At this moment, Zi Nishang said, "Your Majesty, although comprehending destruction and birth is the limit allowed by the rules, the three Ancestral Gods did not say that only one person is allowed to comprehend it, did they?"

"Hmm? What the Emperor and Empress say makes sense!"

Lu Jin pretended his eyes lit up and asked the three Ancestral Gods, "What do you three think?"

Not so good.

The three great ancestor gods secretly thought in their hearts.

Of course, they wouldn't say that out loud.

Whether or not to accept Lu Jin's exorbitant demands is a matter for the fundamental will to decide.

Just then, an invisible and vast will descended, enveloping the three ancestral gods.

It came quickly and went quickly; this will faded away in a moment.

With permission from the primordial will, the dual-faced ancestral god said, "Heavenly Emperor, the primordial will agrees to allow one other person, besides you, to comprehend the destruction and birth of the primordial universe."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin's face showed an expression that brooked no refusal, and he said, "Add seven more to the list, on top of me and the Empress. My Heavenly Court already has seven imperial consorts! I guarantee that the Beasts of the Realm will absolutely not be able to harm the very origin of the Primordial Universe."

Seeing Lu Jin's resolute attitude, the dual-faced ancestral god once again contacted the original will.

Soon, the two-faced ancestral god, having received a positive reply from the Origin Will, nodded and said, "The Origin Will agrees."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jin felt much more at ease and said, "Since the Origin Will is so sincere, even if the risk of annihilating the World Beast is great, I am willing to take the risk for the sake of billions of living beings in the universe."

The Heavenly Court will soon take action to eliminate the Realm Beasts. After the Realm Beasts are destroyed, the Primal Will will release the Primal Ancestor.

And at the end of this cycle of reincarnation, let the consciousness of this Emperor, the Empress, and the seven Imperial Consorts merge into the origin of the universe, to perceive the destruction and birth of the primordial universe.

Lu Jin was not worried that the Origin Will was making empty promises, as all actions of the Origin Will were subject to the rules governing the universe.

The fundamental will cannot tolerate anything that violates the rules of operation.

But once you agree, you can't go back on your word and you have to do it.

After a while, once the three ancestral gods had left, Zi Nishang asked Lu Jin, "Won't such an outrageous demand offend the original will?"

Zi Nishang wasn't worried about whether she could solve the problem of the Beast Realm, after all, she knew a thing or two about Lu Jin's strength.

The reason why the Beast Zorro was able to wreak havoc in the cosmic sea was entirely due to the Heavenly Court's indulgence.

Otherwise, let alone just one World Beast Zorro, even if all the World Beasts in the Dark Land Nest came out together, the Heavenly Court would have the strength to suppress them.

Lu Jin said with a serious expression, "Ni Chang, I will not allow you to speak of the Origin Will in this way."

The Primal Will is a truly benevolent being; our Heavenly Court owes much of its current status to its own efforts.

Origin of will?

So what if it's bad? What's there to be afraid of?

Not only does he intend to corrupt the original will, but he also plans to have his clone possess the original universe in the future!

However, Lu Jin also admitted that the Heavenly Court had taken a lot of advantage of the original universe's origin, so it was only right to give the original will a "good guy" card.

Zi Ni Chang: "."

The Cosmic Sea, the Eastern Emperor's Sacred Land, beyond the universe.

"Shh!"

In the void filled with endless chaotic energy, a magnificent white jade palace descended.

His gaze traversed space, and the Beast Zorro, who was currently devouring the origin of the universe outside the Eastern Emperor Holy Land, came into Lu Jin's view inside the Lingxiao Palace.

The next moment, Lingxiao Palace teleported and appeared not far from the World Beast Zorro.

"You lowly being of the cosmic sea, have you come to submit to the great Lord Zorro?"

Seeing the supreme treasure of the palace type teleporting in, Zorro, who was devouring the origin of the universe, said arrogantly.

"Ha! Ants disrespect the will of Heaven and should be punished!"

However, considering that you were unaware of my personal presence, I will give you a chance to live.

"Become my soul's servant, and I will not only grant you a way out, but also make you the King of the Beast Realms."

Lu Jin said with a light laugh.

Upon hearing this, the Beast Zorro was immediately enraged.

How dare a lowly being from the cosmic sea presume to enslave Lord Zorro, who is destined to become the King of the Beast Realms?

Uh... wait a minute, this lowly cosmic sea creature just called himself "Emperor" and even said he disrespected the Mandate of Heaven?
Could it be
"What is your background?"

With a bad feeling in his heart, Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, stopped devouring the origin of the universe and became alert, and asked.

"Heavenly Court, Heavenly Emperor! Are you willing to submit?"

Lu Jin said.

"tumultuous!"

The next moment, the Beast Zorro was enveloped in a blood-red glow, activating the Blood Burning Technique, and the evil aura emanating from his body surged.

"boom--"

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

Immediately afterwards, patterns appeared one after another, and ninety-nine patterns descended, causing the hideous body of the Beast Zorro to explode and transform into ninety-nine clones that fled in all directions.

Zorro acted decisively. Upon learning that the newcomer was the terrifyingly powerful Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race Heavenly Court in the Primordial Universe, he immediately activated the Blood Burning Technique and the Clone Technique to escape.

Although its strength has increased considerably since it attempted to devour the small universe origin of the human giant axe, after all, the small universe origins of many true gods of the universe seas were not for nothing.

However, although its strength has increased considerably, it has not undergone a qualitative change and entered the fourth tier.

With their current strength, they are far from being a match for the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, who is capable of destroying the most powerful treasures of the palace type. It would be best to run away as soon as possible.

"Humph!"

Lu Jin snorted coldly. His main body and three clones in the Lingxiao Palace activated their supernatural powers: Three Heads and Six Arms, and activated the secret runes of the second pair of wings of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor.

"Rumble--"

In an instant, the colors of heaven and earth changed, time and space shifted, and a new spacetime emerged within a radius of hundreds of light-years, with the surrounding void becoming a blurry expanse.

Even the most powerful domains formed from ordinary domain treasures, and even the strongest domains formed from top-grade domain treasures, cannot contain a world beast that is determined to escape and whose power is completely opposite to divine power.

However, the pseudo-'One Thought Void' formed after activating the second pair of secret patterns on the wings of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor was able to trap the ninety-nine clones of the Beast Zorro, not to mention that it was a 'One Thought Void' with four layers added on top of it.

This is also why Lu Jin chose to wear the Nine Heavens Divine Armor, rather than the Heavenly Revelation God, whose upper limit is higher.

‘Damn it! ’

Sensing the powerful restrictive force of the void formed by a single thought, and its 'absolute' isolation from the outside world, the Beast Zorro immediately cursed inwardly.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, from the wide-open Lingxiao Palace, a landscape painting radiating boundless power and immense majesty flew out, its terrifying suction force descending upon the Beast Zorro. "Human, don't force me!"

Realizing something was wrong, the pupil of the single eye on each of the two heads of the Beast Zorro suddenly contracted, and it let out a shrill roar.

"How are you doing?"

Lu Jin's mocking voice echoed from Lingxiao Palace.

"Damn it! Burn!"

Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, was extremely decisive, his single eye on each of his two heads filled with madness and ferocity.

"boom!"

A loud bang came from within the Beast Zorro, and an invisible force surged forth, bursting forth with dazzling, colorful light from its hideous body.

At the moment the colorful light burst forth, Lu Jin felt that his main body and his three clones' control over 'One Thought Void' had been greatly reduced.

To be precise, there is a will vying with the main body and the three avatars for control of this void.

"Have you run out of tricks? Now you're resorting to desperate measures?"

Lu Jin said dismissively.

He was well aware of the 'Boundary Light Passage,' a life-saving technique possessed only by third-tier Beasts.

The third-tier Beast burned the 'boundary' within its body, bursting forth with dazzling colored light, forming a boundary light channel filled with colorful radiance.

The Boundary Light Channel is powerful enough to forcibly break through spacetime blockades of insufficient strength, enabling long-distance travel and making it arguably the most advanced escape method in the cosmic sea.

However, the Boundary Light Channel has significant side effects. The strength of the Beast depends on its own strength and the strength of the external spacetime sealing force, resulting in a corresponding decrease in its strength.

It cannot be ruled out that a third-tier world beast's strength might regress to its initial state as a first-tier world beast after using the World Light Channel.

Generally speaking, once a Beast uses the Beast Light Channel, its strength is greatly reduced, and after losing the initiative, it has no chance of becoming the King of Beasts.

However, although the Boundary Light Channel is considered the most advanced escape method in the Cosmic Sea, Lu Jin is not without ways to counter it.

‘Wow! ’

With a thought from Lu Jin, he connected his consciousness with the treasure, and the terrifying power of spacetime sealing instantly spread to a radius of hundreds of light-years.

At this moment, within a radius of hundreds of light-years, all abilities related to time and space that were not activated by Lu Jin himself were sealed.

At the instant the spacetime was sealed, the colorful light emanating from the Beast Zorro's body still shone, but the dazzling light no longer had the power to break the spatial blockade and open the portal to the Beasttime.

The treasure that Lu Jin activated was naturally the Kunlun Mirror, a special god-king-level treasure whose grade far surpassed that of the current version of the Cosmic Sea.

One of the functions of the Kunlun Mirror is to seal off the space-time around it.

Although this spacetime sealing power is similar to the universe lord's control over spacetime, its strength is far superior.

The Boundary Light Channel of the Level 3 Beast Zorro can break through the blockade of the pseudo-one thought void if one is willing to go all out, but it is powerless when faced with the spacetime blockade of the Kunlun Mirror.

With a treasure far exceeding the version's quality, it's not something a mere Tier 3 World Beast can break through.

"Whoohoo-"

The vast landscape map, spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers, swept across the land at breakneck speed. As terrifying suction power erupted, the ninety-nine clones of the Beast Zorro were successively absorbed into the landscape map.

Before long, all ninety-nine clones of the Beast Zorro were sealed away by the Mountain and River Map.

Immediately, the surrounding space-time returned to normal, and the rapidly shrinking landscape map flew back into the Lingxiao Palace.

With a thought, Lu Jin activated his Divine Exorcism Technique, and as his soul power was consumed, streams of light converged.

In the blink of an eye, a talisman radiating light and exuding a mysterious aura appeared from his fingertips.

"Whoosh!"

With a flick of his finger, the talisman for exorcising spirits disappeared into the map of mountains and rivers.

Meanwhile, within the sealed space of the Mountain and River Map, the World Beast Zorro, whose many clones had reunited, showed a deep sense of resentment in the single eye of his two heads.

Now, he has been reduced to being trapped in the sealed treasure, and his dream of becoming the king of the world beasts has been shattered.

"I'm not reconciled!"

Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, roared in a shrill and furious voice.

Suddenly, a radiant talisman appeared within the sealed space, then rapidly disappeared into the hideous body of the Beast Zorro.

"laugh!"

The radiant exorcism talisman emitted a slight sound after entering the body of the Beast Zorro, and then Lu Jin lost all contact with it.

"Hahaha, Heavenly Emperor, you want to enslave the noble Beasts of the Realm? Dream on!"

Noticing Lu Jin's actions and understanding his thoughts, the Beast Zorro laughed maniacally and mocked him.

"That's right. The exorcising talisman formed from soul power is essentially a manifestation of divine power, and since divine power clashes with the power of the realm beasts, it is ineffective."

Lu Jin understood immediately, and with a thought, the aura emanating from his true form underwent a dramatic change.

The next moment, Lu Jin's original aura, which was originally profound and vast, began to exude an evil aura, and the divine power within his body was transformed into the power of the World Beast, which was completely consistent with that of the World Beast.

At this moment, the only difference between Lu Jin's true form and the World Beast is their physical appearance.

In terms of aura and power, they have become completely consistent.

This is not a supernatural power: illusion, but a special ability gained after achieving a life gene level of 100,000 times higher—formless and without appearance.

As long as it doesn't exceed a certain range, Lu Jin can use his special ability 'formless and shapeless' to transform into all things in the world, including world beasts.

"Whoosh!"

The divine power of exorcism was activated, and a black, flowing talisman exuding an evil aura condensed, disappeared into the Mountain and River Map, and then seeped into the body of the Beast Zorro.

"Heavenly Emperor, it's useless. The nature of your power is different from that of the Realm Beasts; you will never be able to..."

Just as he was continuing to mock the Heavenly Emperor for overestimating himself, before he could finish his taunts, the Beast Zorro sensed a soul force invading the depths of the most important 'world' within his body.

'Roar! '

At this moment, the Beast Zorro panicked and let out an angry soul roar, desperately resisting.

Unfortunately, this evil talisman, shimmering with black light, possesses an extremely terrifying power of contamination, and its speed is also incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, a portion of the soul of the Beast Zorro, hidden deep within the 'world', was corrupted by the evil runes, and the corruption was spreading rapidly.

Before long, with more than half of his soul corrupted, the Beast Zorro stopped struggling and resisting. All the anger and resentment in the single eye on his two heads disappeared.

Instead, there was loyalty to Lu Jin, absolute loyalty!

"Shh!"

Having successfully enslaved the animals, Lu Jin had a sudden thought and released Zorro from the Mountain and River Map.

"Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, pays homage to his great master!"

Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, shouted and bowed.

Looking at Zorro, the Beast of the Realm who had become a soul servant under his command, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction as his aura and power returned to normal.

Although his strength was severely reduced because Zorro had previously activated the Boundary Light Channel.

With his help, it's only a matter of time before Zorro becomes the King of the Beasts.

Moreover, the Beasts of the Realm are extremely special. Whether a Beast can become the ultimate king depends not on its own strength, but on which Beast can survive to the end.

As long as you survive to the end, whether you are a first-tier or sixth-tier World Beast, you can quickly advance to become a World Beast King under the influence of the rules.

"Get up."

Lu Jin waved his hand.

"Thank you, Master!"

Zorro shouted as he stood up and said, "There is something I need to let my master know. After I became your soul servant, my life fluctuations have undergone a dramatic change."

Realm Beasts are born with the ability to sense the general situation and location of other Realm Beasts. At this moment, the countless Realm Beasts in the Dark Land Nest all know that I have become the soul servant of the Cosmic Sea Life. At most, they just don't know that my master is you.

The Beasts of the Realm are extremely arrogant. It is foreseeable that the remaining Beasts in the Dark Lands will go into a frenzy, greatly accelerating the emergence of higher-level Beasts of the Realm.

If the master doesn't intervene in time and allows it to continue, a terrifying sixth-tier world beast might appear not just tens of thousands of epochs later, but hundreds of millions of epochs later.

Lu Jin had anticipated this, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

In any case, his next step would be to go to the Dark Land to kill the Beasts of the Realm. Whether the Beasts of the Realm in the Dark Land's lair knew that Zorro had been enslaved was no longer important.

Lu Jin asked, "Approximately how many World Beasts are left?"

"Master, there are currently nearly a hundred million Realm Beasts, all temporarily residing in their lairs. The vast majority are first-tier Realm Beasts, a very small number are second-tier Realm Beasts, and there is also one Realm Beast that has just entered the third tier."
By the way, Master, we Beasts of the Realm possess special abilities.
"After using the Boundary Light Channel, my strength regressed from the third rank to the second rank."

In addition to answering Lu Jin's question, Zorro also took the initiative to talk about the abilities possessed by the six levels of Beasts.

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Jin said to Zorro, "I'll send you back to my miniature universe first."

As he spoke, Lu Jinxin's mind moved, and he communicated with the Kunlun Mirror to locate the Kunlun Token stored in the miniature universe temple, thus sending Zorro back to his own miniature universe.

The Beasts have a special connection with each other. Taking Zorro along would undoubtedly expose their location. It's better for this burden to stay in the miniature universe.

Then, glancing at the vast Eastern Emperor Holy Land universe in the distant void, Lu Jin made another thought and teleported to the Myriad Waves Water Area outside the Dark Land of the Inclined Peak Realm.

With the Beast Zorro in hand, the destruction of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land no longer requires the possession of the ultimate level of Eternal True God power; Zorro can simply devour the origin of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land's universe.

However, Zorro's strength has now regressed to the second tier, and it is clear that he cannot devour the entire origin of the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land universe in a short period of time.

We should first eliminate the Beasts of the Dark Land, allowing Zorro to quickly become the King of the Beasts, and then devour the cosmic origin of the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land.

Given the appetite of the Beast King, it wouldn't take long for him to drain the cosmic origin of the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land universe.

Furthermore, although Zorro, after becoming the King of Beasts, entered his growth period, he was equivalent to a Void God.

However, the Beast King who controls the source of destruction is extremely special. He can stay in the cosmic sea and there is no mandatory requirement to go through the cycle of reincarnation.

In this way, even if Zorro becomes the King of the Beast Realm, he can wait until Zorro enters the Void True God realm in the future, and even becomes the Eternal True God, before traveling to the Origin Continent together through the Reincarnation Channel.

(End of this chapter)