Lu Jun Becomes Lord of the Department of Dou!

Zhen Yuanzi waved a hand, his expression calm.

"Though this is not directed at your Demon Race, please keep them properly restrained as well. The Great Desolation may be vast, but it cannot withstand being tossed about time and again."

"Certainly!" Tai Yi solemnly promised. "I will personally instruct Elder Brother Di Jun to enforce strict discipline."

The three exchanged a few simple words, clearing away the dust of their past grievances. The atmosphere eased considerably.

Zhen Yuanzi's gaze immediately shifted to Lu Jun, but Lu Jun had long since immersed himself in his own world, as though he had heard nothing of what was happening around him.

"The Sixth Prince has given me far too many insights this time, allowing me to comprehend the Method of Origin Incarnation."

Zhen Yuanzi looked at Lu Jun as he spoke to Tai Yi. "Consider me indebted to the Sixth Prince. Should he have any request someday, I will certainly give it my all."

The moment those words fell, surprise flickered in the eyes of Tai Yi and Minghe beside him.

To have Great Immortal Zhen Yuan personally declare that he owed someone a favor—

This was a tremendous opportunity!

"Great Immortal Zhen Yuan, then on behalf of my Nephew, I thank you, Great Immortal."

His gaze turned toward Lu Jun, who was still busily at work.

At that moment, Lu Jun was darting eagerly through the cracks of void at the border between Chaos and the Great Desolation.

This was neither pure Chaos nor the stable Great Desolation Starry Sky.

It was a transitional region where energies surged wildly and laws lay in disarray.

Countless Chaos Gas Flows tangled and collided with the Spirit Energy and starlight spilling out from the Great Desolation.

Together, they formed a bizarre and dazzling, perilous yet infinitely promising "Star Sea Wasteland."

Lu Jun flashed like a streak of golden light, at times swimming upstream through Chaos Gas Flows, at others gliding along the "membrane wall" of the Great Desolation's barrier.

His eyes shone with unprecedented focus and excitement, like a child searching for treasure upon a boundless shore.

"Found one!"

"This one's not bad!"

"Mm... the point where the Chaos tide meets the Great Desolation Star Power here is just right for nurturing a star dominated by fire power!"

He muttered continuously, yet his movements were swift as lightning.

At times, he would plunge into the core of a vortex of Chaos energy, where there was a faint "speck of light" almost too weak to see, yet containing the primordial Dao Rhythm of stars—this was the "Star Embryo" he sensed.

The moment Lu Jun entered a Star Embryo, the system's power would take effect.

A tremendous force of attraction instantly drew in the Chaos Qi and Great Desolation Star Power across a radius of hundreds of millions.

Then, beneath Lu Jun's terrifying Sun Divine Fire, it was refined into nourishment for the Star Embryo.

At the same time, a wisp of pure origin would be imprinted upon every Star Embryo.

That imprint was not a forceful occupation, but more like guidance and nurture.

Bolstered by the system's mysterious and boundless power, that wisp of origin, like the finest catalyst and shaping template, swiftly merged into the core of the Star Embryo.

After devouring came Transformation!

The faint glimmer rapidly became solid and bright.

The space around the embryo began to twist and collapse, forming a tiny, stable gravitational core that drew in still more matter and energy.

The speck of light expanded and spun. Dao Patterns flowed across its surface like liquid energy, while its inner structure rapidly evolved under the joint shaping of the system's power and Lu Jun's origin.

From illusory specks of light, they gradually stabilized into "Star Eggs" that radiated gentle yet resolute light!

These Star Eggs came in all manner of forms.

Some were blazing white like tiny suns, erupting with scorching flames of light.

Some were deep blue like the depths of the sea, flowing with an icy chill.

Some were lush green, brimming with vigorous Life Opportunity.

Some were heavy as the earth, wreathed in earthen-yellow halos.

Like newborn infants, they were fragile yet filled with infinite possibility, floating silently in the void.

Following some profound trajectory, they slowly rotated, drawing in and exhaling the energies of Chaos and the Great Desolation as they underwent slow yet steadfast growth.

This was the manifestation of the Great Desolation's Great Dao; Lu Jun had merely accelerated the process of growth.

One, two, ten...

Lu Jun's movements grew faster and more practiced.

As though he knew no fatigue, he left countless golden trails across the boundless Void Wasteland.

Behind him, patch after patch of void that had once been dead and chaotic became like regions lit by countless faint lamps of starlight, beginning to radiate a strange vitality.

At the edge of the Great Desolation World's vast, once relatively fixed map of stars, new, tiny yet genuine "members of the stars" were increasing bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Against the backdrop of Chaos, they shone tenaciously, proclaiming their existence.

The foundations of the Great Desolation Starry Sky were quietly expanding!

At the same time, it was also an expansion of Lu Jun's own incarnations!

Nothing could be seen of it today, but once the "Lu Juns" within these star eggs gradually transformed and emerged—

One Lu Jun after another, each comprehending different Great Dao laws, would be born into the world!

"Nephew Lu Jun, we are returning to the Demon Court. Will you come back with us? This place is perilous chaos; it is not suitable to remain here long."

Lu Jun was gently pushing a newly condensed Star Egg, radiating sharp golden light, into a stable orbit.

Hearing this, he did not turn his head. His voice was filled with soaring fighting spirit and unquestionable focus.

"Uncle, return first! This place is where my Dao lies! I will remain here and Herd the Stars!"

"These Star Eggs have only just been born. They need my origin to nurture them, and they need me here to draw upon Great Desolation Star Power and chaos energy to help them grow."

"If I leave now, all my previous efforts will be wasted! Uncle, rest assured—I know my limits. This place may be dangerous, but it cannot harm me!"

His words were firm as iron, and the Star Power and Chaos Qi swirling around him grew ever denser.

It was as though he had already merged with this chaotic void, becoming the sovereign of this new Star Domain.

That focus and fervor made Tai Yi understand that Lu Jun had now found the direction of his Dao. Any attempt to dissuade him would be futile.

Tai Yi looked deeply at his nephew. That figure lighting stars within chaos made him seem to glimpse another possibility for his own Manifesting Billions of Suns.

He said no more, merely nodding slightly. "Take care of yourself. If anything changes, send word at once!"

Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe also cast complicated glances at him, each harboring their own thoughts regarding Lu Jun's unimaginable yet ambitious act of "herding."

A trace of understanding flashed through Zhen Yuanzi's eyes, as though some conjecture had been confirmed.

Minghe, meanwhile, curled his lips, thinking to himself that this brat's path was even wilder than his Blood Sea.

"Farewell!" Zhen Yuanzi cupped his hands toward Tai Yi and Minghe.

"Go as you please, Dao Friend!" Tai Yi returned the salute.

Minghe also casually cupped his hands. "Until we meet again."

Three Streams of Light—one earthy yellow and heavy, one blood-red and sharp, one Golden Rainbow domineering and fierce—instantly tore through the void. They departed this boundary of chaos and sped toward the Demon Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens at the center of the Great Desolation.

Deep within Purple Cloud Palace, the core of the Great Desolation Heavenly Dao's Operation.

The instant Lu Jun enlightened the first Star Egg and branded it with his origin, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, reclining high upon his Cloud Bed, abruptly opened his tightly shut eyes.

Gone was the stillness of an ancient well from those eyes; instead, an exceedingly faint flicker of surprise passed through them.

With a slight movement of his thoughts, a jade tome exuding the supreme aura of the Heavenly Dao, wreathed in black and yellow qi, appeared out of thin air before him.

It was the foundational supreme treasure that wielded the Great Desolation Heavenly Dao Authority—the Heavenly Book!

Hongjun's gaze fell upon its register, focusing especially on the Department of Dou section representing All Stars.

Upon the Heavenly Book, which had originally been largely blank, an exceedingly hazy name, hovering between illusion and reality, was quietly appearing at the outermost, lowest edge of the Department of Dou.

Its light was as faint as a guttering candle in the wind, yet it carried the stubborn vitality of new birth, constantly drawing in power.

"Strange..." Hongjun murmured, his voice nearly inaudible in the vast Purple Cloud Palace.

"The Heavenly Book has yet to emerge, and no True Spirit has entered the register. This name... where did it come from?"

His Divine Sense instantly crossed endless time and space, descending precisely upon the borderland between the Great Desolation and chaos.

That Golden Figure, tirelessly busy upon the chaotic wilderness.

Behind him, Star Eggs sprang forth one after another like bamboo shoots after rain, shining with the brilliance of different origins, their images clearly reflected within Hongjun's Dao Heart.

He clearly "saw" that unique thread of origin power Lu Jun had branded into the core of every Star Egg.

Hongjun's gaze returned once more to the Investiture of the Gods. As he looked at that phantom of a name, whose light seemed to have solidified a little further as the Star Eggs increased, realization flashed through his eyes.

"So that is how it is..." he murmured, carrying a trace of understanding, along with an unfathomable depth that was difficult to put into words.

"This is not an appointment by the Heavenly Dao, but... Proving Dao by Force, Herding the Stars of All Heavens!"

"Using his own origin as a guide, he enlightens chaos, opens up a Star Domain, and becomes a Star Lord in his own right!"

"Thus, the Department of Dou has sensed it and spontaneously left an empty place for his name in anticipation."

"When these Star Eggs grow strong, transforming from embryos into Fragmented Stars, even Sub-stars, truly merging into the Great Desolation Starry Sky and completing the Star Dao—"

"That will be the day he fully takes his place in the Department of Dou and wields the Divine Authority of a Star Domain!"