Immortality begins by swallowing the stars

Hongmeng Universe, God Realm.

A huge city is located on the lakeside, and countless gods and celestial beings live in the city.

In the divine world, only cities are relatively safe. Outside the cities, there are countless bandit forces.

Therefore, the City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city holds a supreme status in the eyes of all city residents and is the master who protects their safety.

But what most ordinary gods and men don’t know is that at this moment, there is a tense atmosphere in the City Lord’s Mansion.

A woman in red armor looked cold and said, "I've already told you that the city lord is in seclusion and practicing. You can't disturb him!"

The silver-haired young man surrounded by a group of heavenly guards faced the hostility of the woman without any fear, and shouted: "I am here to convey the decree of His Majesty the Southern Pole Saint Emperor!

"I have been waiting for a whole year. Does that mean I have to keep waiting as long as the Sword River Divine King doesn't come out of seclusion?

"You should know what the consequences are for disobeying the Holy Emperor's decree!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the gods' guards and generals couldn't help but show fear, and even an upper-level god felt a little hesitant facing the silver-haired young man.

The silver-haired young man took a step forward, and the gods quickly retreated.

The woman in red armor was furious for a moment, but there was nothing she could do.

After all, the Antarctic Saint Emperor Hemu Family is one of the 19 top forces in the God Realm. As one of the seven Saint Emperor families, it has a long history and has existed since the birth of the God Realm.

Even if its strength is in the middle or lower level among the 19 top forces, it is still not something Jianhe City can resist.

The red-armored woman sneered angrily: "The Southern Pole Saint Emperor is one of the most ancient Heavenly Lords. How could he be interested in a Hongmeng spiritual treasure? I think your decree is simply fake!"

Her master, the God King Jianhe, can be said to be a legendary figure in the God Realm. It is said that he had the strength of a Central Heavenly God just after ascending to the God Realm.

He was also carrying a strange green sword, which was believed to be a magical treasure of the Heavenly Lord!

Two hundred epochs ago, nearly a hundred Celestial Lords died in the battles among the Celestial Lords in the lower realms.

If given the chance, it is possible for the creatures in the lower world to accidentally obtain a divine treasure of the Heavenly Lord.

However, her master disliked fighting, so he quickly found a backer and presented the "Sword of Life" to a Heavenly Master of "Xuejia Mountain".

Xuejia Mountain is one of the nineteen top forces in the divine world, and ranks among the top. There are more than thirty Heavenly Lords alone.

Although the master refused to be deployed by Xuejiashan and was only willing to be a peripheral member, with the care of the Heavenly Venerable who obtained the Sword of Life, the master settled down in the God Realm. After all, the Sword of Life, which was suspected to be the spiritual treasure of the Heavenly Venerable, was no longer in his hands and was not worth the effort of the big forces.

Only two thousand years later, the master was forced to take action when faced with robbers, revealing the methods of a God-King.

He was called the Sword River God King!

Later, Jianhe City was built, attracting many sword masters to join.

But soon, something unexpected happened again.

Not long ago, the Heavenly Master of Xuejia Mountain actually returned the Sword of Life to its owner, and said that the Sword of Life did not contain the law of time, so it could not be considered a Heavenly Master's magical treasure.

It can only be regarded as a relatively special first-class Hongmeng spiritual treasure.

It is said that it was the Celestial Master who gave the Sword of Life to his own child, but there has been no progress for thousands of years. After careful examination, the Celestial Master discovered that the Sword of Life did not contain the law of time, so naturally there was no way for him to become the Celestial Master by comprehending the Sword of Life.

Jianhe City, which had lost the support of Tianzun, indeed ran into trouble. A year ago, the Hemu family of the Antarctic Saint Emperor sent an envoy to convey the Saint Emperor's decree.

Ask for the Sword of Life to observe.

Of course, in exchange, Jianhe City will also be included in the protection of the Hemu family.

Although the Heavenly Master of Xuejia Mountain publicly stated that the Sword of Life did not contain the law of time and could not be considered a Heavenly Master's spiritual treasure, thus dispelling the covetousness of most forces and strong men, there are definitely still people who are interested in it.

Of course, with the master's ability to stop time, he was considered top-notch among the gods and kings. It was easy for him to join a top force, and naturally no one dared to mess with him.

But unfortunately, the master and the sword of life in his hand are a perfect match.

He doesn't like being restrained or fighting, and is soft-hearted. He rarely takes action unless it is absolutely necessary, and even if he does, he will easily let the enemy go.

The red-armored woman had complained about her master's stubborn character before, but her master never changed. As a result, the mighty God King was bullied today.

Facing the red-armored woman's questioning, the silver-haired young man smiled faintly and said, "The Saint Emperor is of such high status that he would naturally not look down upon your city lord's treasures.

"But the Holy Emperor's most beloved descendant, 'Sword-Splitting Divine King', wants to see the sword of the Lord of Jianhe City, so the Holy Emperor will naturally agree.

"No matter what, the decree was indeed issued in the name of the Holy Emperor."

The silver-haired young man looked at the fierce-looking but weak-hearted woman in red armor and smiled proudly.

Even though the Lord of Jianhe City had once performed the art of stopping time and was considered a top-notch God King, he was a big shot wherever he went.

But compared with his Hemu family, they are nothing.

The seven Holy Emperor families have all been passed down from the birth of the God Realm to the present day. There are countless powerful people within the Hemu family and its vassals, and there are hundreds of God Kings!

Not to mention more than a dozen Tianzun ancestors and Tianzun guests.

The reputation built up over more than a thousand years is truly terrifying.

As an upper-level god, he can shock the entire city by coming to Jianhe City. Even if the other side has nearly ten upper-level gods, they dare not attack him.

The red-armored woman was suddenly startled, showing a look of surprise, and then she said angrily: "The master has come out of seclusion and wants to summon you."

The silver-haired young man was somewhat relieved. He smiled faintly and followed the red-armored woman into the inner palace.

After all, the other party is a top god king who has mastered the ability to stop time, so killing him is just a matter of thought.

If you really force your way in and anger the other party, your true soul may not be saved. Even if the Heavenly Venerable uses time reversal, you won't be able to revive. That would be too unfair.

However, he believed that as long as the other party had a trace of rationality, he would never dare to touch him.

The silver-haired young man was calm but had the innate pride of being a descendant of the Holy Queen. He suddenly froze the moment he stepped into the palace.

The inside and outside of the palace gate seemed to be divided into two time and space. The silver-haired young man felt a breath that was so terrifying that it made him tremble, but also so familiar that it shocked him.

"Tianzun..."

He is a direct descendant of the Hemu family, so he has naturally seen the Tianzun in the family. How could he not recognize such power?

The silver-haired young man looked at the figure standing in front of him in disbelief.

"Lord of Heaven?" The woman in red armor who followed him into the palace was stunned and looked at Lu Jing in confusion.

Then, she felt the aura that Lu Jing released without hiding anything. She was shocked but happy: "Master, you have made a breakthrough?"

She had long known that her master had mastered time acceleration and time standstill. As long as she could comprehend the reversal of time, she would be able to master the complete laws of time and thus achieve the status of a Heavenly Master.

But in the vast and endless divine world, there were countless top gods who were stuck at this step and wasted countless years. She never dared to imagine that her master could actually take this step in seclusion.

Thinking back to the rumors, the master had only been in the divine realm for over 4,000 years, yet he had leapt directly from a celestial god to a celestial master.

What kind of monster is this?

Lu Jing was in a very good mood, muttering to himself: "I finally made it. It wasn't easy."

He was thrown from Panlong's subsidiary universe to the main universe by Hongmeng, and it was quite difficult for him to survive in this world of gods where the gods were everywhere.

Just because of a supreme artifact of the Supreme God of Life, he was chased like a rat.

Here, if you don’t have a good understanding of space, you can’t even fly.

The gods practice the laws of space, the king of gods masters the complete laws of space and begins to practice the laws of time.

Lu Jing is the complete opposite.

He has mastered some of the laws of time, but is not good at the laws of space, or it can be said that he has a high talent in the laws of space, but the practice of the laws of space in the Hongmeng Universe is calculated in tens of thousands or billions of years.

Fortunately, he and his original body were able to communicate and gain insights into the laws of time through the blood-colored gate, so his understanding of the laws of time improved rapidly, and he soon mastered time acceleration and time stillness.

But God knows that he, a great God King, has not even mastered the complete laws of space.

Therefore, he really can't do anything unless it is absolutely necessary.

I don't dare to join the top forces because I have to obey orders, and if I take action too many times, I will be exposed. He can't say that I can't even teleport.

Even if the enemy broke through the space channel to escape, or directly teleported away, he could only watch.

Instead, he was evaluated as having a kind nature.

However, thanks to the gains from his clone in the Snow Eagle Origin World, he finally mastered the laws of time and space and became a Heavenly Venerate!

Lu Jing looked at the stunned silver-haired young man and said with a smile, "Sword-Splitting Divine King wants to observe my Sword of Life?"

Naturally, he could not hide the movements taking place in the outer palace of the City Lord's Mansion from him. He knew that this time the Holy Emperor's decree was actually issued for the descendant of the Holy Emperor of the South Pole, the Sword-Splitting God King.

"Hemu Chuanfeng pays homage to the Heavenly Lord!" The silver-haired young man was startled and bowed down respectfully.

He secretly groaned in his heart: "How is it possible... this Sword River God King can actually become a Heavenly Lord? The Heavenly Lord's spiritual treasure of this era has not yet been born!

"Did he figure out how to go back in time by himself?"

In every era of the God Realm, that is, every six hundred trillion years, a magical treasure of the Heavenly Lord will be born, which contains the complete laws of time.

The God King who can obtain the spiritual treasure of the Heavenly Lord can naturally become the Heavenly Lord.

Of course, there are also people who achieve the status of Heavenly Venerable without relying on Heavenly Venerable’s magical treasures, but usually one may only encounter such a peerless talent once every two or three generations.

"Could it be that the Sword of Life of the Sword River God King is the real Heavenly Venerable Spirit Treasure? Is the words of the Heavenly Venerable on Xuejia Mountain false? Why bother?"

The silver-haired young man couldn’t figure it out, but no matter how confused he was, the other party had achieved the status of Heavenly Venerate and had jumped out of the chessboard, becoming a true top figure in the God Realm.

Even the lineage of the Antarctic Saint Emperor would do their best to win him over and recruit him.

There are only more than a thousand Heavenly Lords in the entire divine world, all of whom are the rulers of various forces, and most of them live in seclusion.

Although the Heavenly Lord cannot act at will, if he really wants to kill a small upper-level god like him, he will not be severely punished.

Naturally, the silver-haired young man was left with nothing but fear, trembling like a little white rabbit, and he didn't dare to mention the Holy Emperor's decree again.

……

A space filled with gray and strange energy.

A middle-aged man wearing a simple linen gown, with his long hair casually spread out, looking unkempt, was staring quietly below.

"This outsider is indeed extraordinary. I can't understand why his laws of time and space have suddenly improved so much."

The middle-aged man showed excitement. He had been alone for more than a thousand years. Even if he suspected that this person with an uncertain fate came from outside the Hongmeng Space, he did not feel any vigilance.

He had longed for a partner with whom he could communicate on an equal footing.

He even saw a glimmer of hope to walk out of the Hongmeng space and go to the unknown outside world.

The middle-aged man thought for a while, then pinched his hand and condensed a little gray light, which fell into the main universe below like a meteor.

"Let me see what you can do..."

……

Behind the Holy Mountain in the westernmost part of the God Realm, there lived a young man in seclusion.

It was the first Holy Emperor of the West, Godly God!

He can also be regarded as the oldest celestial being in the divine world.

Shen Yao Tianzun suddenly opened his eyes and showed a look of surprise: "Master actually created another Xuanhuang Lingbao?"

Although Shen Yao Tianzun looks like a young boy, his eyes reveal a deep sense of vicissitudes, as if he is an octogenarian.

The young man sighed, "I thought Master had given up. Is there something special about this Xuanhuang Lingbao?"

Shen Yao Tianzun had a complicated expression.

He seemed to recall the time when, nine hundred epochs ago, he seized the first Xuanhuang spiritual treasure that came into the world. As a result, his body was transformed into a semi-Hongmeng body, and he transcended the divine realm to see the scene of his master.

He could not forget the momentary surprise and the subsequent deep disappointment in his master's eyes.

Since then, he seemed to realize something.

His experiment was not successful.

Two subsequent experiments were also unsuccessful.

After living for more than a thousand epochs, his heart now also felt a trace of the loneliness that once appeared in his master's eyes.

The master wanted a fellow traveler who was equal to him, but he never came.

That requires one to transcend oneself and condense the body of Hongmeng on one's own.

“On its own…” The young man laughed at himself, “Transcending the universe on its own, I can’t even imagine it.”

……

Lu Jing looked at the silver-haired young man kneeling on the ground and shook his head slightly. He was in a very good mood and liked everyone he saw, so he naturally had no intention of punishing the silver-haired young man.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly looked up.

A terrifying aura suddenly appeared from the sky above the divine realm, awakening all the powerful people on the endless earth.

Lu Jing only had time to see a vague light before the aura seemed to penetrate the entire divine realm from top to bottom and disappeared.

"That is..." Lu Jing was a little stunned.

However, the silver-haired young man on the side was stunned and seemed to remember something, showing a look of horror.

Lu Jing looked sharp: "Do you know what that is?"

The silver-haired young man was a little absent-minded, but soon came to his senses under Lu Jing's cold gaze and said respectfully: "I have seen the corresponding record in a book of essays left by His Majesty the Holy Emperor.

"The thing that just pierced through the divine world and fell into the lower world should be the legendary 'Xuanhuang Lingbao'!"

Lu Jing's heart moved. Xuanhuang Lingbao?

"Two hundred epochs ago, a great war took place in the lower realm, causing the death of many Heavenly Lords. It was caused by this Xuanhuang Spiritual Treasure."

The silver-haired young man continued, “It is recorded in the family that since the creation of the God Realm, including those who have fallen, there have been approximately more than 1,500 Heavenly Lords born in the God Realm.

“You should know that there are also differences in the levels of Heavenly Lords. Of course, I don’t know the specific divisions of the levels of Heavenly Lords.

“But the three most powerful Celestial Lords throughout history are generally recognized as the First Generation Western Saint Emperor Shenyao Celestial Lord, Elder Kongchan, and the Purple Sea Palace Master.

“Any one of these three can easily kill the other Heavenly Lords.

“It is said that the reason why these three of them are superior to other Heavenly Lords is because they obtained the Xuanhuang Spirit Treasure.

“Every time the Xuanhuang Spirit Treasure appears, it will trigger a huge catastrophe involving the God Realm, the Higher Realm, and the Mortal Realm, and countless lives and countless powerful people will die.

"The catastrophe that occurred two hundred epochs ago lasted for millions of years before it finally ended.

“After that, the 'Purple Sea Palace', a medium-sized force with only two Heavenly Masters in charge, suddenly became one of the top three forces in the God Realm, and the Master of the Purple Sea Palace also became the legendary invincible existence.” The silver-haired young man’s eyes were filled with palpitations and fear.

Even the Holy Emperor family, which has the longest heritage, could not guarantee that it could survive such a catastrophe safely.

He once heard his father say that when the God Realm was first born, there were eight Holy Emperors!

The lineage of the North Pole Holy Emperor who possessed the Dark Source Holy Pearl was destroyed in the catastrophe caused by the birth of the second Xuanhuang Spiritual Treasure. The one who did it was old man Kongchan, who was as famous as Shenyao Tianzun and Zihai Palace Master!

As Lu Jing listened to the silver-haired young man's introduction, he gradually had some guesses in his mind.

Then he sighed inwardly: "My Lord, it seems that I can't help you. Even if this Xuanhuang Lingbao didn't appear, Hongmeng would probably be paying attention to me all the time. The movement of transmitting power is too loud."

Seeing that the catastrophe was approaching, how could he dare to transfer power to weaken his own strength?

He couldn't be like Cang Yuantu's cosmic clone, who could split out an incarnation of his soul at will. Even if his real body outside the domain died, he could cultivate back in a short time.