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Chapter 131 - Chapter 132: Holding the Stars, Crushing Worlds! (5700 words)

Chapter 132: Holding the Stars, Crushing Worlds! (5700 words)

Chapter 132: Holding the Stars, Crushing Worlds!

"You, a mere Domain Lord level 9, dare to challenge me, a Universe level 9? A Demon-Killer clan warrior dares to target an ordinary Earthling like me?"

"Alright then. You want to play this game?

Don't blame me for clearing the 13th floor of the Sky Bridge while you're still struggling on the 6th.

Or for using my 1810-fold life gene level against your mere 10-fold."

We're both cheating in our own ways, which means we both have bright futures ahead.

Even though he was cut down like vegetables, Luo Feng quickly brushed off his frustration thanks to his solid mental cultivation.

He thought of his senior brother, who had already publicly cleared the 12th floor of the Sky Bridge and displayed terrifying dual-law comprehension of upper-level origin laws.

That helped him let it go.

He himself was focusing on space origin laws, and so far had only grasped 38 profound mysteries.

"Senior brother, watch out for a World Projection from a World Lord. Those are tricky."

Having just been thoroughly beaten, Luo Feng didn't have the right to offer much advice, so he could only give this small reminder to avoid his senior brother getting tripped up.

"I've seen it before in my last training world. I'll be careful," Jiang Zhe replied.

Afterward, the two discussed insights into space laws for a bit before Luo Feng took his leave.

He piloted his Mechanical Clan ship to the left side of the map Jiang Zhe had given him, continuing to plunder Blood Rock Crystals from native Domain Lords.

Jiang Zhe stored his ship inside his world ring, donned a simple dark-purple battle armor, and streaked down from the 18th cloud layer like a meteor from the sky.

Fifteen minutes later, he pierced through the first cloud layer and finally saw the landscape of the Blood Rock World.

An outsider arrives

In a barren mountain and rocky forest, a heavenly visitor descended.

Jiang Zhe crashed into the mountain peak, blasting out a crater.

Stepping from the crater, he surveyed the scene below. The commotion startled a pangolin-like wild beast that had been resting there.

It was a level 6 star-level beast, its scales gleaming gold as if cast from pure metal.

Its three-meter-long streamlined body lunged at Jiang Zhe.

"Die." Jiang Zhe coldly snorted.

He merely glanced at it—without even using his spiritual force. Just his mental pressure was enough to collapse the beast's mind, turning its brain to mush.

"Master, about 100,000 kilometers off at your four o'clock is Weiwu City of the Qianluo World. Luo Feng killed the city lord there eight years ago. Should we take a look?" Orianna asked.

"It's been eight years. I'm sure a Domain Lord was already installed by a World Lord to rule there with Blood Rock Crystals. Let's investigate how he governs. If he's abusing power, we'll kill him."

"What if he's governing well?" Orianna asked.

"Then my Candlelight clone will enslave him as a servant and let him keep doing good for the locals."

Orianna: "..."

Domain Lords were valuable resources. Enslaving them with the Candlelight clone helped with his [Conqueror] talent secret art.

[Conqueror] — Conquer both the 'body' and the 'heart' of a target, causing them to drop Source Essence.

Now that he had maxed out his [Life Blueprint] cultivation, all future Source Essence could go to boosting his body and soul amplitudes.

So Domain Lords were too valuable to kill outright.

As for enslaving World Lords?

That would have to wait until he reached Domain Lord level himself, with at least 15 floors of the Sky Bridge cleared—roughly equivalent to Marquis level law insights. Only then could he truly attract them to surrender under his [Enlightener] radiance.

Weiwu City

Weiwu City spanned tens of millions of kilometers and housed populations in the hundreds of billions.

Four great families held sway, each boasting Domain Lord experts, and were considered top-tier powers.

Among them, the Bolei family held two Domain Lords and dominated the positions of city lord and general—enjoying immense glory in recent years.

Night operations

Even though Universe-level warriors could see as well at night as in day, Jiang Zhe still felt instinctively more comfortable doing shady business under the cover of darkness.

Beneath cold starlight, he infiltrated the city lord's mansion, then the general's residence, and the core areas of the other three families.

He captured five Domain Lords and harvested nine Blood Rock Crystals.

The Bolei family alone yielded five—no surprise, since their newly appointed city lord hadn't yet had time to squander the Crystals he brought when taking office.

The city lord Boleike also offered up a gem-like object.

"Lord, this is my means of communicating with my teacher, World Lord Qianluo."

Jiang Zhe inspected it.

Though a bit of a tech dummy, he could tell this was a low-end comm device—just a step above Earth's smartwatches, with a shelf life.

Its signals traveled at light speed, which was relevant since this continent was a light year across.

"So this is the most advanced comm device on your Blood Rock Continent?"

"Yes, Lord. Even the temple envoys use these," Boleike answered respectfully.

"Tech is such a hassle."

Jiang Zhe clicked his tongue and tossed it to Orianna.

"Anna, study this and make a jammer. As large a radius as possible—at least enough that a World Lord can't just fly out of the zone in a few seconds."

"No problem, Master. I'll have it done in five days."

Though her [Mechanical Pioneer] talent secret art had evolved into [Queen of All Living Things], "all living things" definitely included mechanical life.

So Orianna still excelled in tech.

Plundering spree

While Orianna crafted the jammer, Jiang Zhe didn't idle. He flew to nearby major cities, subjugating Domain Lords and increasing his stash of Blood Rock Crystals to 48.

The Blood Rock World had ten million such cities—meaning roughly ten million World Lords and a hundred times as many Domain Lords. Each Domain Lord held at least one Crystal.

Luo Feng had killed thousands of Domain Lords without stirring much of a fuss.

And Jiang Zhe's method of enslavement didn't even make a ripple—now or in the future.

Five days later, the jammer was complete with a radius of 5 million kilometers.

Human World Lords' max speed was about 150,000 km/s, but even reaching 100,000 km/s on the Blood Rock Continent was rare.

So this gave Jiang Zhe a whole minute—more than enough for him to exploit his terrifying instantaneous burst from high space-time law insights to kill them.

Besides, what World Lord would flee at the sight of a mere Universe-level foe?

With the jammer, Jiang Zhe felt far more secure.

He practiced a "slow and steady" and "clean plate" strategy, not rushing off to provoke World Lords immediately.

After all, if he caused too big a scene and got chased out by an undying native, that'd be humiliating.

So he started with Domain Lords.

Qianluo World had 103 major cities. Over five months, every single one fell to Jiang Zhe.

On the surface, not a single Domain Lord was missing.

In truth, every one was now a fanatic (slave) with their inner "core" swapped.

Perfect infiltration. Jiang Zhe felt he was wasting his talents not doing behind-enemy-lines ops for the Monster or Insect Clans.

His haul: 429 Blood Rock Crystals.

That averaged four per city, at a daily efficiency 2.8 times Luo Feng's Demon-Killer clone.

Plus 397 Domain Lord fanatics constantly supplying Source Essence via [Conqueror].

"Cruel?" Not really.

First, in the brutal Blood Rock World, how could a Domain Lord have reached such power without being a butcher themselves?

Second, becoming a fanatic under the [Enlightener] meant endless time-space law enlightenment. With enough accumulated energy, they'd be guaranteed at least World Lord level.

Countless human Domain Lords would willingly kneel at Jiang Zhe's feet for that alone.

Of course, the strength of the enlightenment had to be controlled.

Too much, and their personal will would be completely washed away, turning them into mere "earthly vessels" for his Candlelight clone.

Conquering the core

On his 164th day in the Blood Rock World, Jiang Zhe entered Qianluo World City. Boleike served as his inside man.

Even as city lord, disappearing for decades or centuries was normal for experts.

Plus this time Boleike was visiting under the guise of presenting treasures.

World Lord Qianluo was delighted, hosting a banquet and finally accepting an old G-grade metal broken sword.

Step by step

In the Bo Wang Tower—a nine-story wooden building owned by the Boleike family in the main city—Jiang Zhe made his base.

As one of Qianluo's disciples, Boleike enjoyed high status here. After meeting his teacher, he carried the Hunyuan Umbrella around to visit fellow disciples.

Each time followed the same routine.

Boleike would greet them, exchange pleasantries. Then from within the umbrella, the Candlelight clone would abruptly seize control of space-time. Jiang Zhe would leap out, seal off the area with mental barriers, suppress the hapless Domain Lord, then shine them with the [Enlightener], converting them into fanatics.

With the overwhelming space-time mastery, he succeeded seven times in a row without a hitch.

By the 184th day, all major high-end combat power in Qianluo World City—aside from Qianluo himself—were now Jiang Zhe's people.

A terrifying story.

The dark charm of the Candlelight clone.

Compared to what it might become, this was still just a minor trick.

His total Blood Rock Crystals rose to 460.

Looking at the lively, blood-red crystals pulsing with life in his world ring, Jiang Zhe knew it was finally time to deal with World Lord Qianluo.

The showdown

On the 189th day, Jiang Zhe invaded the hundreds-of-kilometers-wide city lord's palace.

Inside, Qianluo was quietly cultivating.

"Hm?"

He sharply sensed spatial disturbances, opened his eyes, and roared:

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

A terrifying sonic boom erupted, tearing up the floor and blasting stone slabs like upturned dragons to all sides.

Then—

the scene changed from a shattered hall to a wasteland of metal mines.

An invisible power descended, a dreadful pressure filling the world.

A World Projection, the trump card of every World Lord!

Not far away, light twisted—and Jiang Zhe was forced out of hiding.

Clad in dark-purple metal armor, silver bracers on his left arm, and standing on a two-toned brown-and-purple wooden shuttle.

The Hand of Space-Time!

The Core of the Void!

Seeing such bizarre equipment, Qianluo instantly recognized this was an outsider.

"A foreigner? And only Universe-level peak, yet you dare stand before me?"

Jiang Zhe spoke coldly:

"Hand over your Blood Rock Crystals, and I'll spare your life."

"What?" Qianluo almost laughed out loud.

Then, realizing he wasn't joking, he burst into rage.

"Presumptuous! Whelp, I'll torture you, break your spirit, and make you my most humble slave!"

Massive world power surged, binding Jiang Zhe in heavy chains—complete overkill for a mere Universe-level kid.

Crushing a World Lord

But then—

tens of thousands of Jiang Zhes appeared in the wasteland, densely packed like a locust swarm.

Qianluo's face instantly turned grim.

He couldn't control them. They darted everywhere, splitting into countless phantoms.

Terrifying mastery of space—and time!

Unbelievable dual upper-origin law insights!

"Wait—my World Projection?!" Qianluo's expression changed again.

He felt the surrounding space-time unravel. His projection's hold on the area had dropped to a dangerously low threshold.

Damn it!

Those phantoms were radiating special space-time frequencies, disrupting the area.

This nearly nullified his World Projection's restraints.

This was the effect of the mental secret art [Overlapping Shadow Forbidden Domain], which at the fifth level could lock the space where the phantoms were and even adjust time flow there.

Jiang Zhe was only using the third level, "Myriad Overlapping Shadows," but it was already warping time-space visibly.

The killing blow

From the silver bracer flew 8,748 steel needles, each sprouting dark-purple threads that wove together into a three-meter-wide dark-purple star.

The Hand of Space-Time, sixth level: Thunderbolt Transforms to Star!

As a Universe-level peak with 1810-fold life genes, his mental power far exceeded even Domain Lord level 9.

At 5000-fold mental amplitude, his will and consciousness were so powerful that wielding this move wasn't just second nature—it was divine art.

The dark-purple thunder star smashed toward Qianluo.

Its burst speed was so terrifying it was almost like teleportation—instantly before him.

Qianluo nearly failed to react.

"Damn it! How can such a monster exist?!"

He roared, flipping his wrist to draw a golden scimitar that slashed out a dazzling arc of light.

"Block it—!"

Clang!

The scimitar struck the thunder star. Qianluo's expression twisted. A round shield materialized on his left arm, which he raised just in time.

Boom!

The entire palace collapsed. Qianluo was blasted a thousand kilometers away.

Jiang Zhe stood on the Core of the Void, following the thunder star to close the distance instantly.

Qianluo's seven orifices were bleeding, his face a mask of gore, clearly shaken.

He was still mending broken bones when Jiang Zhe arrived. His eyes held both fear and fury.

That single clash had nearly shattered his life core—if it didn't cost half his life, it was close.

He no longer dared look down on Jiang Zhe, yet felt unspeakably humiliated.

He was a lofty World Lord!

Yet after one exchange, he was battered and bleeding from a mere Universe-level opponent. This was an unthinkable disgrace.

"Outrageous! Die for your insolence!"

Qianluo raised his blade and shield, his form shifting as he unleashed his true power...

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