Devouring the Stars: Reboot, Serpent of Eternity!

Chapter 316: Molten Ridge Demon Lord
In the blink of an eye, 27 years have passed.

Jiang Zhe has been on a boring journey.

On the way, he occasionally stops to collect substances of various properties, no matter whether they are valuable or not, precious materials, flesh and blood, rocks, plants, or energy... and sends them into the body's universe for analysis and digestion.

The practice of "Original Evolution" has never stopped.

Now is the ninth opening of the universe, the second stage of practice based on the law of time.

On the dark lake surface, a silver light suddenly appeared, breaking through the black curtain and turning into grains of silver sand radiating on the lake surface.

The light and shadow in the silver sand field fluctuated, and a figure wearing white stone armor suddenly appeared.

"The long dark waters, no light in sight, finally crossed."

It was Jiang Zhe who was hurrying on his way.

When he flipped his left hand, a black crystal ball floated on the palm, emitting a hazy light that was intoxicating.

"The soul-type high-level treasure, the Mysterious Nether Spirit Ball, is both offensive and defensive, and is suitable for illusionists who practice the laws of water and space... It is my most precious gain in the past thirty years."

Then, he put away the black crystal ball and looked at the black land in the distance where magma was flowing.

The silver sand field radiated out again, and divine power mixed in it to find out the situation.

"The Flame Extinguishing Plains spans about 3300 light years. The space-time in the area is incredibly stable. I can't sense any spatial fluctuations. I can't teleport. I can only fly slowly at a hundred times the speed of light."

"Master, if you think it's a waste of time, you can release Peng Mo's clone. Wouldn't the teleportation achieved by [Flying Body] not be affected?"

"No need. I have three purposes for entering the cosmic sea - first, to explore and find traces of ancient civilizations; second, to fight and gain inspiration for creating new laws; third, to collect various substances and promote the evolution of the universe in my body... I can't travel just for the sake of traveling. I am more looking forward to the unexpected and gains along the way."

Because of the unique mechanism of the Reincarnation Era, if Jiang Zhe wants to fight, he doesn’t have to seek revenge himself. There will definitely be crazy guys who will come to him.

Orianna nodded and quietly stated the information recorded in the tribe.

"In the Yanxi Plains, the frequency of treasures appearing is very high. There are strong men from the Ancestral God Cult in the first reincarnation era who have been staying here for a long time, and there are also strong men from other races who often come here to sweep the area."

Jiang Zhe smiled and nodded, "Let's go into the Yanxi Plain and see how my luck is."

After saying that, he raised the Scepter of Destruction and burst out at a speed a hundred times the speed of light. The surging silver sand field pushed away the obstacles and plunged into the boundless black earth.

The black soil plain seems to be formed by sedimentation.

The plain is shrouded in high-temperature air currents, and scorching breath often erupts from the ground, which can easily break the limits of top-level armor and deal severe damage to the Lord of the Universe it protects.

Some unlucky ones even encountered extremely powerful and fiery breath, which tore their top-level armor apart and burned their divine bodies into nothingness.

The land was devastated, with rivers of red lava flowing, plowing out deep gullies. There were many holes on the rock walls on both sides of the gullies that had been burned to crystallization. The tunnels hidden deep underground in the black soil plain were exposed due to the destruction of the surface.

Rare treasures will be born there, and occasionally treasures buried deep underground will appear.

Another 7 years later, one day.

Buzz—buzz—

An abnormal spatial fluctuation captured in the field attracted Jiang Zhe's attention, and he instantly locked onto the target 12 light years away.

"A baby is born? Let's go!"

Swish!
The golden-winged and golden-feathered Demon King Peng appeared beside Jiang Zhe and pressed his shoulders.

Fly away and escape!

With a whoosh, the two of them teleported to their destination, which was in a canyon filled with the smell of blazing flames. Hundreds of thousands of kilometers below, a river of magma was surging.

After putting away the Demon King Peng's clone, Jiang Zhe glanced at the lava river below.

He was well aware of its ferocity.

In order to "drink" a mouthful of magma, he went down to experience it himself.

The final conclusion is that even the top-level palace treasures cannot withstand the long-term erosion of the lava river.

Not only are high-temperature substances like magma difficult to resist, but the river channel is also full of "hidden reefs". Once you hit one, the scene is like an egg being cracked on a stone.

Boo!
A "bubble" suddenly exploded in the lava river below.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in space and time, and a stream of scorching hot air rose at superluminal speed, evaporating all matter in the range of its devastation.

Jiang Zhe remained indifferent and did not even mobilize the Silver Sand Domain to actively intervene. After the domain was naturally weakened, he took the "Flame Extinguishment" head-on without even moving an inch.

Afterwards, he knocked the thick breastplate with the head of the staff, making a dull "bang, bang" sound, and grinned.

"Good baby!"

"A reliable hermit!"

The "Flame Extinguishing" attack he just received at close range was enough to make the fifth-level Lord of the Universe take it seriously.

After being destroyed by the "Spirit Planting Technique", the "Scepter of Destruction" can no longer expand such a powerful domain, nor will it have such a strong "armor transformation" ability.

Buzz—buzz—

Ripples of time and space appeared again, and Jiang Zhe immediately locked onto the source, which was in a cave not far in front of him.

At the same time, there was an extremely aggressive fragrance.

The Pengmo clone hidden in the world storage frowned. The strange fragrance invaded him, making him feel that every cell in his body was excited, eager to devour the source of the strange fragrance.

If it were someone with a weaker will, he would have unknowingly fallen into madness and tried to find the source of his throbbing divine body.

With Jiang Zhe's strong will, he naturally wouldn't be bewitched and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Is the strange fragrance aimed at the soul? A rare treasure? Or is it a rare illusion-type soul treasure?"

A thought came to my mind.

A strong wind carrying silver sand poured into the cave, and the silver sand field radiated in so powerfully.

The cave is wide and winding, with many forks and is unfathomably deep.

Some forks are winding and meandering until they reach a dead end;

Some forks lead directly to underground magma rivers and magma lakes...

The underground world beneath the black soil plain is a maze of intricate tunnels.

But this didn't work for Jiang Zhe.

The silver sand field radiated in and directly found the correct path.

"found it!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Demon King Peng appeared again, held Jiang Zhe's shoulder, and activated [Flying].

Teleport to a place where teleportation is forbidden!
This vital magical power is granted through the medium of the Kingdom of God.

Therefore, the second soul that goes out alone cannot be controlled.

Only the four bodies of Jiang Zhe himself, Zhuzhao, the devil, and Pengmo, which rely on the same kingdom of God, can use it.

Swish!
Time and space change before my eyes.

Jiang Zhe has arrived at a deep underground cave with a straight-line distance of about 792 million kilometers. There is a light curtain not far in front of him.

Common sense in the universe - ordinary, advanced and even top-level treasures are hidden and lost at will; and the birth of certain special treasures is accompanied by special circumstances.

Being covered with a layer of light curtain is the most common.

He swung the Scepter of Destruction, with the tip of the scepter pointing at the light curtain in front, hoping that the silver sand field could "squeeze" in... Unfortunately, the fine silver sand hit the light curtain and bounced back, unable to advance an inch.

Jiang Zhe placed the Scepter of Destruction on the ground, temporarily dispersed the domain, flew to the front of the light curtain, raised his hand to touch it, and half of his palm was immersed in it.

He pulled his hand back and looked at the clone of Demon King Peng standing beside him.

"It seems that not everything is blocked and life can enter. So we need a pathfinder?" Then, he shook his head again.

"The Peng Demon clone is not suitable to go to the thunder. If his foundations 'Thunder' and 'Aegis' are lost, I can only recall the treasures in the kingdom of God and revive him... and then fly back to the universe slowly. It's too troublesome."

"Oh, right, I need to have the Zhuzhao clone and divine power incarnation on my body place more [Silver Key Gates], so that I can use the marks to 'teleport' in the universe in the future, which will be much more convenient."

"Now... Alas, when I was at the realm master stage, I should have created a lame and legitimate clone, similar to the Demon Killer Clan, specifically for treading on mines."

The figure of a lady in a red dress suddenly appeared around Jiang Zhe.

"Master, leave the exploration to me. My clone is just the right person for the job."

"Anna, thank you for your help."

The lady in the red dress nodded slightly, and her green jade fingers appeared from under her wide sleeves and pointed forward.

A brass mechanical puppet appeared, a cosmic master with power 1000 million times that of a realm master.

Just one ten-thousandth of Orianna's.

"Take this with you. Under normal circumstances, it should be able to keep you safe. If it's dangerous inside, it can also buy you more time."

A ball of light flew out from Jiang Zhe's palm and landed in front of Orianna's clone. It was a top-level palace treasure.

After the latter recognized his master, he crashed into the light curtain with the miniature palace in his hand.

After a few breaths.

"Anna, what's going on in there? How many layers of light screens are there?"

"Master, it's just a layer of light curtain." Orianna frowned and described: "Behind the light curtain is a huge underground cave. The magma gathers into a lake at the bottom. There is an isolated island in the center of the magma lake. The isolated island is covered with layers of light curtains. The most eye-catching thing inside is a thick fire tree with silver fruits."

"Fire tree? Silver fruit?" Jiang Zhe touched his chin. "It looks like a rare treasure. Ask the virtual universe system what it is."

"Yes, Master, I am doing it."

Jiang Zhe nodded, put away Orianna and Demon King Peng, and walked into the light curtain holding the Scepter of Destruction.

Passing through the light curtain, there is a fiery red space, and a surge of heat wave hits you in the face.

Jiang Zhe felt that even if he was wearing the most precious armor, he would still feel uncomfortable in this space and his body would be damaged by the heat...but he didn't feel anything at all when he was wearing the armor derived from the Scepter of Destruction.

Stepping into this space, without the isolation of light curtains, the strange fragrance became stronger, penetrating almost every pore and seeping into the world's storage device, making the Demon King Peng, who possessed a soul, feel a little dizzy and intoxicated.

"The strength of the attack on the soul seems to have reached the level of a true god?!"

Jiang Zhe estimated the feeling based on the synchronization of Demon King Peng's clone and frowned secretly.

There was no way. His current second soul body was an energy life form, immune to soul attacks. The strong fragrance was like winking at a blind man to him.

Glance downward.

It was exactly as Orianna had described—a lava lake; an island in the middle of the lake; a giant flaming tree enveloped by layers of light.

A golden pyramid flew over.

Jiang Zhe put it away and ordered the clone to merge with Orianna, then flew towards the light curtain rising from the edge of the island in the middle of the lake and looked at the giant flaming tree in the light curtain that he was most concerned about.

A towering ancient tree that is nearly 100 million kilometers tall.

The main trunk is thick and dark, like a towering mountain, and there is bright red gelatinous flow in the gullies, which is suspected to be magma.

The branches are so sparse that they can be counted, and each one is so thin that it is shocking. There are 108 branches in total, all of which are blooming with gorgeous fiery red flowers, and at the end hangs a silver fruit, all of which are strangely shaped and different.

Jiang Zhe scratched his chin, trying to describe its strange appearance.

Just like, just like, just like... A muscular man has a bald head, but upon closer inspection, there are 108 waist-length hairs dyed fiery red left.

Looking at the island in the middle of the lake where the deformed tree took root, Jiang Zhe raised his eyebrows slightly.

"A flying boat? A wooden tower? A spherical fortress? Four sets of armor? There are also some small pieces on the ground..."

"Oh my god, a conservative estimate is that six masters of the universe died here? What kind of man-eating demon tree is this?"

The reason why he is judged to be the Lord of the Universe is also a conservative estimate.

Because of the invasion of the strange fragrance that could make even his high-level true god willpower feel slightly pressured, it was no problem for him to deal with some lords of the universe with weak wills.

"Master, found it!"

Suddenly, Orianna's slightly happy voice sounded in Jiang Zhe's consciousness.

"What's the information about this strange magma tree? Tell me now!"

"Master, those 108 silver fruits are suspected to be the Flame Torch Holy Fruit, which has two functions -

First, taking one pill can increase the life gene level by 1000 times. The second pill will reduce the effect by half, and the third pill will reduce the effect by half again... The upper limit of the increase is below times the life gene level;
Second, it helps life below the immortal level to breed a plant-like life clone with a thousand times the life gene level, named the Soul-Burning Divine Tree. It has a huge body and is skilled in confusing and destroying souls.

I guess it's probably this tree in front of us."

"If it's true, it's good stuff." Jiang Zhe narrowed his eyes slightly, "Anna, where did the information recorded in the tribe come from?"

“The Dark Lord learned this news when he was drinking with his friends from the Eastern Holy Land.

According to the Soul Burning Lord, he has an avatar of the Soul Burning Sacred Tree. Fortunately, he boasted to the Dark Lord that 35 reincarnation eras ago, the strong men in their tribe transplanted the mother body of the Soul Burning Sacred Tree back to the Holy Land Universe to benefit future generations.

The Lord of Darkness only said that it was found in the spacecraft, but he couldn't tell me where exactly it was found."

"Oh, Master, the Soul Burning Lord also said that even if we don't want to cultivate the Soul Burning Divine Tree, its trunk is still an excellent material for refining the most powerful soul treasures. Unfortunately, in this small universe, no one is qualified to prepare such precious materials."

Jiang Zhe's eyes suddenly lit up.

What did he hear?
Precious materials for refining treasures!

It's still soul type!

"I must get it. The 'Golden Dragon Shears/Sword' given to me is my natal treasure that I made based on the immortal cultivation school!"

"Specializing in cutting souls, worth the investment!"

Jiang Zhe flashed and tried to touch the light curtain covering the island in the middle of the lake, but his hand was bounced away as soon as it touched.

"Not yet? Not allowed to enter?"

Orianna: “I don’t know.”

Jiang Zhe scratched his head and said, "Then I'll give it a try."

Sitting in the God-King-level embryo "Hall of Valor", he controlled the blood-veined golden egg that grew to a million kilometers high and slammed it hard into the light curtain.

boom--

The light curtain trembled violently, creating ripples.

The blood-veined golden eggs were flung away, flying out of the outer light curtain and plowing a tunnel tens of millions of kilometers long under the black soil plain... The geological structure was destroyed, and red magma poured in.

Far away underground.

A pangolin-like monster stopped what it was doing and tilted its head to listen to the rhythm of the earth.

"That direction!"

It sensed the sound of Valhalla destroying the underground.

"There must be a treasure coming out. Maybe someone has arrived ahead of time and has already started fighting... Quick! Quick! Quick!"

A pair of flaming front claws dug frantically, melting the black soil into magma that flowed around it, opening a new tunnel. The speed of development reached the universe's limit, a hundred times the speed of light.

In the first reincarnation era, the powerful figure of the Ancestral God Sect, the Molten Ridge Demon Lord!

(End of this chapter)