Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 318 The Great Cataclysm, The Eternal True God (The End)

As time passed, tens of thousands of epochs later, at the Purple Moon Holy Land in the Cosmic Sea Plain, the corpse of the God King Jin set sail once more, flying rapidly towards the unknown reaches of the Cosmic Sea.

The world of Jin came about due to the crisis of the Beast Realm, but now that the crisis has been resolved, it has naturally been hidden away again by the original will.

However, other forces in the original universe, as well as a small number of true gods of the cosmic sea, have lost the Jinzhi World as a training ground, but this does not mean that the Heavenly Court has also lost this training ground.

With the Kunlun Mirror in hand and the Kunlun Tokens left in various parts of the Jin world, no matter where the original will hid the corpse of the Jin God King, the Heavenly Court Universe Lords and above could still go to the Jin world for training.

At least until the corpse of the God King Jin leaves the Cosmic Sea, the Heavenly Court will not lose this training ground.

As for whether the God King's corpse would leave the Cosmic Sea, Lu Jin didn't know.

To be on the safe side, Lu Jin did not send any more True Gods to the Jin World for training.

After all, the true god is no longer within the scope of the resurrection of the Immortal Transformation Pool, whose effects have been suppressed.

In the blink of an eye, a trillion epochs have passed.

On this day, the supreme rules descended, and boundless, dazzling golden light illuminated endless space and time. Luo Feng, who possessed a ninth-order secret technique, achieved a life gene multiplied by 100,000, and subsequently entered the ranks of true gods, known as the 'True God of the Blade River'.

Subsequently, Xu Xin, the number one lazy and complacent person in the Heavenly Court, stepped into the realm of True God with a top-tier sixth-order secret technique and 99999 times the life gene, and was known as the 'Bright Moon True God'.

Six trillion years later.

At this time, the primordial universe entered its final stage, with only one ten-thousandth of an era remaining before the Great Cataclysm, and the number of true gods among humankind experienced a massive explosion.

Thanks to the pseudo-99999 times gene bloodline source crystals that Lu Jin made available to forces such as Virtual Universe Company after he wiped out the World Beasts, as well as the enlightenment qualification of the Bodhi Tree in the Heavenly Court's Immortal Ascension Hall, all the human race's universe masters embarked on the path of divine power.

The Lord of Frost, possessing 99999 times the life gene, stepped into the realm of True God using a top-tier eighth-order secret technique.

On the surface, Lu Jin's teacher, the Lord of Heavenly Frost, became a true god through the path of laws, after all, the life gene that was as high as 99999 times was not something he comprehended on his own.

In reality, aside from the enlightenment and improvement brought about by the research on life genes, the Lord of Frost after becoming a true god is no different from a true god who breaks through with an infinite divine body with 99999 times the genetic potential.

The Lord of Chaos, who created the top-tier eighth-order secret technique, achieved true godhood with over 60,000 times the life gene.

Lords of the Darkness, Lord of the Ice Peak, Lord of Penggong, Lord of the Desolate Mirror, and other cosmic lords with relatively good talents who created their own top-tier seventh-order secret techniques, entered the realm of true gods with nearly 60,000 times the life gene value.

As for the other human universe lords whose talents are significantly inferior to those of the Dark Lord and others.

Although there are many who have created their own top-tier seventh-order secret techniques, none of them have been able to cross the first level of the divine power path, which requires 30,000 times the life gene, and they are stuck at the bottleneck of 29999 times the life gene.

Even so, compared to breaking through directly using the secret method of entering the sixth rank without taking the divine power route, these newly promoted true gods are still much stronger.

Although the divine power route requires a 30,000-fold increase in genes to produce a significant qualitative change, the origin of the microcosm has indeed been improved considerably, but the advantage is not that great.

Furthermore, creating advanced secret techniques can hone one's comprehension. Before even reaching the level of a true god, a cosmic master who creates a seventh-order secret technique will experience a significant improvement in their comprehension.

In less than an epoch, the five major powers—Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Arena, Universe Mercenary Alliance, Universe Galaxy Bank, and Universe First Bank—had more than a thousand Universe Lords who achieved the status of True God.

In terms of the number of true gods alone, the five major powers have more than ten times the number in the original work, not to mention the number of cosmic lords.

However, although the number of true gods in the five major powers is large, they cannot compare with the Heavenly Court, let alone the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court.

In the same era, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court had more than three thousand universe lords who advanced to true gods, and before becoming true gods, each of them possessed an infinite divine body with 99999 times the life gene.

Unfortunately, their level of secret techniques couldn't compare to the high amount of life genes that Lu Jin had bestowed upon them.

Before their breakthrough, most of their secret techniques were at the top of the sixth rank, less than one-tenth of them created their own top-tier seventh-rank secret techniques, and only about twenty of them reached the eighth rank in terms of secret technique level.

Keep in mind that this is happening under the Bodhi Tree within the Hall of Ascension to Immortality, which is open to all the universe lords of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court.

Without the help of the Bodhi tree, the level of secret techniques would likely drop by two levels overall.

It can only be said that the existence of the Bodhi Tree enabled many universe lords in the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court who originally had no potential to become true gods to enter the ranks of true gods.

Among them are even newly ascended true gods who originally did not even have the qualifications to become the ruler of the universe.

Of course, the number of true gods in the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court exceeds that of the five major forces, including the Virtual Universe Company, but compared to the Heavenly Court, it is still far from enough.

After all, more than 90% of the original universe belonged to the Heavenly Court.

In this era, more than 100,000 new True Gods emerged in the Heavenly Court.

Every so often, a divine kingdom would evolve into a miniature universe and enter the cosmic sea.

Among them are even true gods who have broken through the limitations of their previous self-created top-tier ninth-order secret techniques.

A full six trillion epochs of time, which is far more than the cultivation time Lu Jin had back then.

However, Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er were not among the 100,000 True Gods who broke through.

Reaching 100,000 times the life gene is extremely difficult. Whether it's Zi Ni Chang or the other seven people, their own life gene attainments are all stuck at the bottleneck of 99999 times the life gene.

The eight people followed Lu Jin's advice: if this cycle of reincarnation didn't work, then they would try the next cycle.

They won't break through unless their life genes are 100,000 times stronger.

Of course, at the end of this cycle, they will have another great opportunity. After their cultivation level is improved, they may be able to break through the final bottleneck in their life genes.

In the Great Luo Heaven, within the majestic Lingxiao Palace, more than 100,000 figures gathered.

"Only one ten-thousandth of an era remains before the Great Cataclysm of the Primordial Universe."

Ling Yuan, from this moment forward, the Qiankun Palace will implement a family planning program to reduce the population of the Heavenly Court's territories.

"I hope that when the primordial universe is destroyed, all humanity within the Heavenly Court's territory can be absorbed into various smaller universes, without becoming a burden to those smaller universes."

Lu Jin spoke to Ling Yuan Yuanjun, the Palace Master of Qiankun Palace.

In the Heavenly Court, male true gods are called Heavenly Kings, while female true gods are called Yuanjun (Primordial Sovereigns). After all, the title of Heavenly King is not suitable for women.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

Lingyuan Yuanjun bowed and responded.

The Heavenly Court has more than 100,000 true gods under its command, which means that the Heavenly Court has more than 100,000 small universes with a diameter of 100 million light-years.

Furthermore, His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's miniature universe has a diameter of one billion light-years.

Moreover, after this cycle of reincarnation ends, His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor will continue to break through.

According to His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, after entering the realm of Void True God, the diameter of a small universe can reach tens of billions of light-years.

If one were to achieve eternal true godhood, the diameter of a small universe could reach hundreds of billions of light-years.

At that time, His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's small universe alone will be equivalent to a billion small universes of ordinary true gods.

Even if the Heavenly Court occupies more than 90% of the territory of the original universe and has a huge population, once the family planning policy is implemented, it will definitely be able to pack up and take away all the people in its territory, so that they will not have to stay in the original universe to wait for death.

After all, the population of the Heavenly Court mainly consists of people from the Thirty-Six Heavens and the universe.

They did not develop the population of the secret realms or the population of the divine kingdoms; the number of these two types of populations was less than one percent of the total population under the Heavenly Court's command.

Then, Lu Jin said, "A self-created top-tier tenth-order secret technique can lead to a status above true god."

If a newly promoted True God comprehends the evolution of chaos and reaches the top ten in terms of secret techniques, unless he is stuck at a bottleneck for a long time and cannot make any progress, he does not need to break through to the True God level directly after the end of this cycle.

One can accumulate knowledge appropriately, create higher-level secret techniques, and thus hone one's comprehension to a higher level.

The higher one's life level, the more important comprehension becomes. If one does not strive to cultivate comprehension, the path ahead will inevitably be winding.

As for those with less comprehension, I hope you will all work hard in the future, and that you will all attain a state beyond true godhood.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The celestial gods inside the hall bowed in response.

“Holder of the Nation, Beginning Demon, Star River, you have accumulated trillions of years. Whether you break through is up to you.”

The situation on the other side of the reincarnation channel is unknown. If you choose to break through, it would be best to do so after I have already done so.

Lu Jin addressed the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra and other veteran true gods of the Heavenly Court.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

The Heavenly King Dhritarashtra and others responded.

Ten thousand epochs later, the Heavenly Court, which had already implemented family planning, relocated all the population of the thirty-six heavens and its hundreds of millions of star sectors to various small universes in the Cosmic Sea.

After reclaiming the Thirty-Six Heavens Realm that had been hidden in the origin of the universe, Lu Jin led Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er, along with seven others, to the Ancestral God Sect.

Of course, those who went to the Ancestral God Sect were merely incarnations of Lu Jin and his nine companions.

Inside the Ancestral God Palace, the three Ancestral Gods, who have long since entered the realm of True Gods, sat at the head of the table, while the divine incarnations of Lu Jin and his nine companions entered the hall.

"Heavenly Emperor, you have finally arrived. There is only one month left before the Great Cataclysm. As instructed by the Origin Will, you only need to stay in the Ancestral God Palace."

The two-faced ancestral god said with a smile.

"Thank you for your trouble, three ancestral gods."

Lu Jin and the other nine bowed and thanked him.

"Haha~, the three of us have completed our last task, so we'll be leaving now."

The three ancestral gods bid farewell with smiles, and after leaving the Ancestral God Palace, they left the primordial universe directly.

With the departure of the three ancestral gods, only the divine power avatars of Lu Jin and his nine companions remained in the entire ancestral mystic realm.

Within the primordial universe, all the true gods and powerful beings had long since departed, and all life forms that relied on miniature universes had been transferred to those miniature universes.

In the entire primordial universe, only alien life forms remained, whose races had not yet produced true gods, nor had they been able to rely on any small universes.

"Ni Chang, Red Girl, Orange Girl, Yellow Girl, Green Girl, Cyan Girl, Blue Girl, Purple Girl, keep going!"

Lu Jin addressed the eight people, including Zi Nishang.

"Ok!"

The eight people nodded heavily.

If they fail to break through the final bottleneck and achieve a 100,000-fold life gene through this opportunity, it will be countless years later, even if they do achieve a 100,000-fold life gene in the future.

If you want to go to the Origin Continent with Lu Jin, you must complete the final step of life gene transformation.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the space within the Ancestral God Palace distorted, creating a natural wormhole, and an invisible will enveloped Lu Jin and his group of nine.

Having understood the meaning of 'entering the wormhole' conveyed by the original will, Lu Jin and his group of nine did not hesitate and stepped directly into the wormhole.

The next moment, time and space shifted, and Lu Jin and his group of nine arrived in a vast and mysterious space.

The nine people were not separated. Lu Jin looked around and saw countless points of light floating in this mysterious space.

Each point of light contained immense power; the weakest could rival the ruler of the universe, while the strongest surpassed him, even causing him to feel a sense of unease.

After taking a look around, Lu Jin and the other nine sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for the original will to accept them.

Consciousness merging with the primordial origin of the universe is not something they can do on their own; the origin must actively accept their consciousness.

‘Wow! ’

Suddenly, a hazy, colorful light appeared out of thin air and enveloped Lu Jin and his group of nine.

The moment the hazy, colorful light enveloped him, Lu Jin felt his body extend, and his will permeate every corner of the primordial universe.

Each star sector, each cosmic secret realm, each primordial star.

From a single grain of dust to a vast ocean of primordial laws.

As his will permeated everything, at this moment, Lu Jin felt as if he had transformed into the primordial universe!
At the same time, countless insights surged from Lu Jin's mind. While these insights were flowing through the mind of his divine avatar, Lu Jin's main body and his three avatars, seated cross-legged under the Bodhi tree in the central temple of the miniature universe, were completely absorbed in their comprehension.

"The original structure of the universe."

"The Ocean of Fundamental Laws"

"The secret realm of the universe."

"The Power of Life"

One month later, the Great Cataclysm of the Primordial Universe began.

"boom!"

The massive primordial cosmic membrane collapsed, and all star fields and cosmic secret realms in the boundless starry sky began to crumble, with black holes disintegrating one by one.

In just a moment, the entire primordial universe was filled with scenes of destruction.

The next moment, the origin of the primordial universe began to shrink rapidly, unleashing a terrifying devouring power that spread throughout the entire primordial universe.

All life force surged wildly into the origin located at the center of the universe.

At that very moment, Lu Jin, whose will had permeated every corner of the primordial universe, clearly sensed a power called Devouring.

With the beginning of the Great Cataclysm of the primordial universe, the origin of the universe formed an incredible devouring force, which is consuming all matter and energy.

Rampage! Savagery!
Not even any matter or energy could escape being swallowed up.

"boom!"

After all matter and energy in the primordial universe were devoured by the origin of the universe, the origin of the primordial universe instantly burst forth with dazzling, endless colorful radiance.

At this moment, the primordial universe vanished, leaving only the purest origin.

However, around the source, ripples emanating endless power surged, and no one dared to approach, or they would surely be reduced to ashes.

Within the dreamlike origin, sat the figure of Lu Jin, the nine-person divine power incarnation.

'The end of life is destruction, and the end of destruction is new life; this cycle repeats itself, and is called reincarnation.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Then, Lu Jin opened his eyes and looked at Zi Nishang and Hong'er.

Coincidentally, the eight people also woke up at that moment.

Nodding, with a 'poof' sound, Lu Jin and the other nine people directly dispelled their divine power avatars.

Condensing a divine power avatar doesn't require much divine power; it can be canceled directly.

A miniature universe, inside the central temple.

Under the Bodhi tree, Lu Jin's four divine bodies, Zi Ni Chang, Hong Er, and the seven others—their true forms and clones—a total of nineteen figures, silently comprehended their previous insights.

Time passed, and the 90,000th epoch arrived, marking the destruction of the primordial universe.

"Wow!"

Boundless, dazzling golden light burst forth from Cheng'er's body, which had undergone divine transformation, illuminating endless time and space.

At this moment, the supreme rule descends, and the Heavenly Court's Empress Orange Cloud Lord achieves a life gene that is ten thousand times stronger than the highest!
At the same time, Cheng'er became the fourth being in the Cosmic Sea to possess 100,000 times the life genes.

The first is naturally Lu Jin, the second is Zorro, the King of Beasts, and the third is Luo Feng.

In the following two hundred thousand epochs, Hong'er, Zi'er, Qing'er, Zi Nishang, Lan'er, Lü'er, and Huang'er successively achieved life genes with a maximum of 100,000 times by taking advantage of the great opportunity of comprehending the destruction and rebirth of the original universe.

Thus, eight more true god-level miniature universes, each with a diameter of one billion light-years, have been added to the boundless ocean of the universe.

Sixty thousand epochs later, Lu Jin, who was under the Bodhi tree, finally awoke.

"how?"

Zi Nishang stepped forward and asked, while Hong'er and the other seven also looked at Lu Jin.

"It has risen quite a bit."

Lu Jin said with a smile.

When he resolved the crisis of the Beast Realm, his secret techniques had already reached the peak of the twelfth rank.

The subsequent cultivation time is measured in trillions of epochs in the primordial universe. With the blessing of enlightenment from the Bodhi tree, one will naturally not stagnate.

Long before he comprehended the destruction and birth of the primordial universe, his secret techniques had already reached the peak of the fourteenth level.

With just the top-tier fourteenth-order secret technique, Lu Jin was able to break through two levels without any bottlenecks, directly skipping the Void True God realm and becoming an Eternal True God.

Not to mention that after comprehending the destruction and birth of the primordial universe, his level of secret techniques has undergone two more qualitative changes, and he has officially comprehended the source of life and the source of destruction.

Of course, the source of life and the source of destruction that Lu Jin comprehended were only a tiny part of the complete Great Dao of the Origin of Life and the Great Dao of the Origin of Destruction, just like crossing the threshold of the Origin Law is different from mastering the complete law.

"My lord, shall we not celebrate?"

"Mischievous Zi'er whispered in Lu Jin's ear."

Since the destruction of the primordial universe, the Heavenly Emperor, Empress, and Consorts have been in seclusion under the Bodhi tree in the temple. No other members of the Heavenly Court have come to cultivate, and there is no one else in the central temple.

"Yes, Zi'er is right."

Nodding, Lu Jin thought for a moment, and his three clones withdrew from the hall. Immediately, the doors of the central temple closed tightly.

Soon, beautiful music filled the temple.

One month later, in the Lingxiao Palace within the miniature universe, thirty-two figures gathered together.

Lu Jin, Zi Nishang, Hong'er, and seven others; Zorro, the King of Beasts; the Eight Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions and Four Seasons of the Heavenly Court; the Ancestor of Demon Beasts; the Lord of the Primordial Island; the Lord of the Northern Frontier; the True God of Calamity; the True God of the Galaxy; the True God of the Black Lotus; the True God of the Clouds; and the True God of the Golden Horn.

Empress, Minglian, Bilong, Luofeng, Yuanzu, Giant Axe.

Everyone present had the intention of trying to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

As for other powerful figures of the human race, there are many whose secret techniques surpass the top level of the tenth rank, enough to step into the realm of true gods at the void level.

However, the lifespan of a true god is three cycles. Currently, only one cycle has passed, and there is still two cycles of accumulation to go. For the time being, they have no intention of breaking through directly.

After making some arrangements, everyone returned to their respective miniature universes to break through.

'break!'

Within the primordial space of the miniature universe, Lu Jin's mind stirred, and his breakthrough began.

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

Within the miniature universe, void channels were born one after another, and endless chaotic energy surged wildly from these channels, causing the membrane of the miniature universe to expand rapidly.

11 billion light-years. 15 billion light-years.
The endless chaotic energy flow transformed into expanding nutrients, causing the volume of the miniature universe to continuously surge.

20 light-years to 30 billion light-years.
The miniature universe continued to expand, quickly surpassing the former Purple Moon Holy Land universe, and then the former Eastern Emperor Holy Land universe.

Expansion, crazy expansion!

It wasn't until the miniature universe expanded to a diameter of 100 billion light-years that Lu Jin's divine body underwent a transformation.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

Within the primordial space, boundless divine power accumulated over countless years surged forth, pouring into Lu Jin's body, which seemed like a bottomless pit.

At this moment, Lu Jin's divine power began to transform, increasing a hundredfold.

Unfortunately, they are still in the cosmic sea, and whether they are true gods or void true gods, their divine power will be suppressed to the level of the cosmic lord.

'It actually used up 30%?'

A moment later, the divine body completed its transformation, and Lu Jin frowned slightly.

He originally thought that with the framework of the 'Primordial Universe', the divine power accumulated over the long years in the Origin Space would be enough to support his main body and three avatars to complete the transformation of the Void True God's body.

But to my surprise, it still fell short.

The main body consumed 30% of its accumulated divine power to complete the transformation of its divine body. The three clones are exactly the same as the main body. The remaining 70% of accumulated divine power is only enough for two clones to complete the transformation of their divine bodies, and for the third clone to transform one-third of its divine body.

However, Lu Jin didn't dwell on it too much. While letting his three clones divide the remaining 70% of the accumulated divine power equally, he broke through again with a thought.

This breakthrough is for an Eternal True God.

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

Numerous void channels reappeared, and endless chaotic energy surged in, transforming into nourishment for expansion. The volume of the miniature universe began a new round of expansion.

101 billion light-years. 110 billion light-years.
500 billion light-years. 800 billion light-years.
Finally, Lu Jin's miniature universe expanded to a diameter of 1000 billion light-years.

A diameter of hundreds of billions of light-years is also the limit of a small universe at the level of an eternal true god.

"Tsk~, the main body only completed one percent of the divine power conversion, and the three clones didn't even reach one percent."

Lu Jin clicked his tongue in secret regret.

However, Lu Jin was not worried. After expanding to a diameter of hundreds of billions of light-years, the efficiency of the small universe in devouring chaotic airflow and converting it into divine power was far greater than when he was still at the True God stage.

Moreover, he was originally a genetic god body with a diameter of 1.2 light-years and a length of 100,000 times. Even the total amount of divine power possessed by a single clone at present was far beyond what ordinary eternal true gods could achieve.

After all, on the Origin Continent, the Eternal True Gods, who are at the third level of the Divine Power path, are only a small part of the Eternal True Gods.

Afterwards, Lu Jin left the Origin Space.

Just then, an invisible wave descended, bringing a message.

Needless to say, this is a message from the supreme rules, that one must undergo reincarnation within a year.

To be precise, it hasn't been a year yet, because figures like the Empress, Dhritarashtra, and the Giant Axe had already officially completed their breakthroughs a month ago.

More than half a year later, thirty-two figures gathered deep within the Qingfeng Realm.

All that could be seen was a vast emptiness, except for a passageway entrance in front of them, its surface shimmering with the flow of colorful energy.

At the entrance to this passage, there are vague figures, including human figures, animal figures, and even some plant life.

At first glance, it seems as if millions of figures are passing by the entrance of the passage.

"Shh!"

With a thought, Lu Jin conjured the majestic Lingxiao Palace, and Luo Feng also conjured the Star Tower.

Subsequently, Lu Jin brought the people from the Heavenly Court and the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court into the Lingxiao Palace. Luo Feng put away the Primordial Ancestor and the Giant Axe. The two palace-type divine king treasures transformed into streams of light and flew into the Reincarnation Channel.

A month later, a strange fluctuation came from the front of the reincarnation channel.

"The Origin Continent, we're almost there!"

Lu Jin addressed the people inside the hall.

"The unknown continent of origin, who knows what it will be like?"

Zi Nishang sighed.

"Haha~, I came, I saw, I conquered!"

Lu Jin's loud laughter echoed inside the Lingxiao Palace.

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