Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 218 Leaving the Lord of the Ice Peak
After leaving Venerable Yaoguang's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly sent emails to his third son, Lu Hongwen, and his disciple, Hoggs.

His extraordinary prowess on the extraterrestrial battlefield this time, which made him famous throughout the universe, is far greater than when he first passed through the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge. Therefore, he will naturally have a lot of trivial matters to deal with next.

For this reason, Lu Qingshan's first thought was of his third son, Lu Hongwen, and his disciple, Hoggs. Lu Hongwen could represent him in receiving the powerful figures who visited him, while Hoggs had worked within the Virtual Universe Company longer than him and was naturally more familiar with these matters.

With the help of Lu Hongwen and Hoggs, he will definitely find it much easier to handle these trivial matters in the future. He will probably only need to show up at the banquet once.

When he was weaker, he naturally had to handle these trivial matters personally.

Given his current strength, it's not like he's neglecting anyone by having Lu Hongwen and Hoggs handle these trivial matters for him.

Meanwhile, Lu Hongwen and Hoggs arrived at Lu Qingshan's residence shortly after receiving his email.

"Your son (disciple) respectfully wishes Father (Teacher) fame throughout the universe and countless races, and that you may attain the invincible power to be crowned a king!"

As soon as Lu Hongwen and Hoggs appeared at Lu Qingshan's residence, they immediately knelt down respectfully to offer their congratulations.

"Okay, get up!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand, then said with a smile, "I didn't expect you two to be so well-informed!"

It should be noted that not long had passed since he seized the great treasure on the second battlefield outside the domain. Hoggs was now a Marquis Immortal of the Virtual Universe Company lineage, so it was understandable that he knew this news.

However, Lu Hongwen, the third son, was just an ordinary immortal. Even though he worked in the Yanfeng branch, it would be difficult for him to find out about the news so quickly.

"Father, the three ministers, Marquis Chihuo, Marquis Meixin, and Marquis Zilin, told me about your matter!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen quickly explained, "I was working at the Lei Guanghai branch when the three of them, including Chi Huohou, rushed over together!"

"At the time, I thought something had happened to you, Father. I didn't expect that the three of them, including Marquis Chihuo, would treat me even more politely than before. After listening to what they said, I learned that your strength had increased again!"

"Brother Hongwen!"

After hearing Lu Hongwen's words, Hoggs quickly said, "Teacher's strength is not just a simple increase! With Teacher's current strength, he is among the top among the countless King-level Immortals of our human race! The only ones stronger than him are those at the level of Universe Kings!"

"Otherwise, the three giants of Yanfeng branch probably wouldn't have been so polite to you!"

As he said this, Hoggs's face showed a look of amazement.

It's worth noting that he was also incredibly shocked when he first heard this news from others.

Back when Lu Qingshan had just broken through to become an immortal god and joined the Virtual Universe Company, it was he who handled everything.

But only a little over ten million years have passed, and Lu Qingshan's strength has become so terrifying!

Hoggs would never have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes!
"Lord of the Universe?"

After hearing Hoggs's words, Lu Hongwen looked at Lu Qingshan in shock: "Father, your strength has improved too fast!"

When the three men, including the Crimson Fire Marquis, told him about Lu Qingshan, Lu Hongwen only heard the gist of it. He knew that Lu Qingshan had killed several King-level Immortals, including an Immortal-level Zerg Queen.

However, Lu Hongwen had never ventured into the outer battlefields. He usually spent most of his time in the star regions near the Thunderlight Sea Star Region. Naturally, he was unaware of how terrifying the Immortal-level Zerg Queen was, nor did he know the difference between an ordinary King-level being, the King-level Limit, and the King-level Invincible.

In any case, for him, being a King-level expert was already an incredibly powerful existence.

"I also encountered some fortuitous opportunities that allowed me to possess my current strength!"

Lu Qingshan said calmly, "Alright, let's not talk about that for now! The main reason I called you two over is because after this display of strength, I've had a lot of powerful people visiting me, so I wanted you to help me receive them and then we can properly prepare a banquet!"

"Please don't worry, teacher!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Hoggs quickly assured him, "This disciple will definitely assist Brother Hongwen in handling these trivial matters so that you, Master, will have no worries!"

In fact, Hoggs, who had just begun his cultivation, also hoped to become a super strong person in the universe, to be ennobled as a marquis, a king, or even a cosmic venerable.

However, as he continued to cultivate, he realized that his talent was limited, so he changed his mind and instead thought about improving his status within the virtual universe company.

So he started to learn from Lu Qingshan in the past, and built good relationships with some of the core geniuses he had picked up and dropped off, etc.

Especially after Lu Qingshan broke through to become a King-level Immortal, he also had a teacher at the King level, which naturally made his status within the Virtual Universe Company even higher.

But now, he has even greater expectations in his heart.

He hoped that Lu Qingshan could reach the realm of the Universe Venerable. At that time, even if he was granted the title of Marquis Immortal, as the disciple of the Universe Venerable, his status would be comparable to that of those who were granted the title of King Immortal.

"After I crossed the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge last time, you two handled it very well!"

Lu Qingshan reiterated, "Just like last time, make sure all my friends pay attention. Don't neglect even the ordinary immortals. Invite them all to the banquet!"

“Your children understand!” Lu Hongwen and Hoggs quickly replied.

"That's good!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand and quickly brought out a variety of fine wines and delicacies: "Come on, have a couple of drinks with me first!"

"Your son (disciple) obeys!"

Lu Hongwen and Hoggs quickly nodded in agreement, then stepped forward to pour wine for Lu Qingshan.

While Lu Qingshan and Lu Hongwen were enjoying drinks, Lu Qingshan was also giving them some important messages from their friend.

For example, Black Peak King, Kalista, and Moxon from the transportation department...

There were also the three men from the Yanfeng branch, including Chi Huohou, Malthus, and others, whom Lu Hongwen had mentioned before…

As for beings at the level of a cosmic sage, he would definitely have to personally invite them!

……

While Lu Qingshan was drinking with Lu Hongwen, his second clone on the extraterritorial battlefield also quickly sprang into action.

However, he did not leave the extraterrestrial battlefield immediately as instructed by Venerable Yaoguang, but instead went directly to the Snowfield Star River region on the third extraterrestrial battlefield.

Before he reached the King level, he was once killed by the mechanical race's powerful 'King Jinming' while wandering in this snowy starry sky region.

After his strength greatly increased, he went to seek revenge on those who had killed him, but he temporarily gave up because Jinming King was a disciple of the top expert 'Golden Crow King'.

To this day, the Stone Armor King, Flying Swallow King, Azure Feather King, Thorn King, Black Phoenix King, and even the Zerg Queen 'Rainbow Rain' who once killed him have all perished at his hands. Now, only the Golden Inscription King remains.

He is about to leave the battlefield outside the domain, but before he leaves, he naturally wants to take care of his opponent.

As for the Golden Crow King behind the Golden Inscription King, he had previously participated in the competition for that precious spear in the Heavenly Fiend Sea region, and had naturally witnessed Lu Qingshan's strength.

Although the mechanical race is born without a soul, the Golden Crow King might not be too afraid of him, but he probably wouldn't risk his life for a disciple.

If the other party really shows up, then Lu Qingshan, who is currently carrying the Endless Divine Sea clone, will definitely be the one to suffer.

Thus, after arriving in the Snowfield Star River region, Lu Qingshan quickly determined the location coordinates of the mechanical race powerhouse, King Jinming, through information from his allies.

When he arrived in front of King Jinming, the latter was remotely controlling mechanical puppets to attack a powerful squad of Zerg.

After Lu Qingshan appeared, he naturally quickly confirmed Lu Qingshan's identity through his divine power aura.

However, since the mechanical race's powerful beings had no souls, King Jinming was not too afraid of Lu Qingshan. Instead, he left behind a harsh remark and calmly self-destructed.

Even before his self-destruction, Jin Mingwang, like many powerful members of the Mechanical Race, detonated all the various types of Divine Source Crystals he carried.

Although the power of such a self-destruction was far from enough to cause any harm to Lu Qingshan, who was wearing the Thunder Dragon Sky-Shaking Armor, it significantly reduced his gains. "Damn King Jinming!"

After casually wiping out the squad of Zerg powerhouses who were relieved to have escaped death, Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Even if you don't want to leave me any spoils, I'll still get what I'm entitled to!"

At the same time that Lu Qingshan killed King Jinming, King Jinwu, who was far away in the second battlefield outside the domain, also received a distress message from his disciple King Jinming.

But just as Lu Qingshan had predicted, although he was not worried about Lu Qingshan's powerful soul attack, he was unwilling to provoke Lu Qingshan for the sake of a disciple, even though Jin Mingwang was his most outstanding disciple.

"That King of Myriad Realms has the ability to create clones. Even if I went to fight him, I wouldn't be able to do any damage to him at all!"

King Golden Crow thought to himself, "Moreover, his physical attacks are also very powerful. If I am not careful, I may suffer a great loss!"

"Just report this matter to the higher-ups of the clan. If that King of Myriad Realms continues to be so arrogant, the higher-ups will send other invincible kings to deal with him!"

Lu Qingshan was naturally unaware of the Golden Crow King's plan.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much.

After all, he won't be returning to the battlefield outside the domain for a while after leaving this time, so why would he care about the targeting of the higher-ups of the Mechanical Race?

……

After leaving the extraterritorial battlefield, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to a cosmic star system relatively close to the Virtual Universe Company's global headquarters continent via divine kingdom teleportation.

After flying for more than half a day in a spaceship, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his residence on the headquarters continent.

After a short rest at his residence, Lu Qingshan quickly made his way to Venerable Yaoguang's residence.

At that moment, Venerable Yaoguang happened to be in the mansion, so after Lu Qingshan entered the mansion's living room, he quickly saw Venerable Yaoguang wearing a simple silver armor.

"Disciple greets Grandmaster!" Lu Qingshan quickly and respectfully said.

"Qingshan!"

Sitting on the soft sofa, Venerable Radiant Light quickly smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you here for over two months. Why are you back so late?"

In Venerable Yaoguang's opinion, if Lu Qingshan wanted to return from the extraterritorial battlefield, he could simply teleport from the barracks base to the logistics base, and then from the logistics base back to the headquarters continent. It shouldn't have taken half a day at all.

"This……"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "Grandmaster, I didn't know you were waiting for me, so I took care of some trivial matters before leaving the extraterritorial battlefield..."

"I didn't expect you to hold a grudge like that, which is quite to my liking!"

After listening to Lu Qingshan's explanation, Venerable Yaoguang laughed and teased, "However, you haven't thought this through at all! The mechanical race is born without a soul, so it's basically very difficult to completely destroy them. Even if you kill them, they will be resurrected by the mechanical race's higher-ups in reverse time and space, unless you suppress them directly!"

"If you had given me a heads-up, I could have lent you a powerful treasure that can be used to suppress evil spirits!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

He thought he was quite vengeful, but compared to his grandmaster, Venerable Yaoguang, he was nothing.

Using a powerful treasure of the sealing type to deal with a high-ranking king is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore!"

Venerable Yaoguang quickly continued, "Qingshan, do you know why your grandmaster waited for you here?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly took out the two precious treasures he had been allocated earlier and said, "Grandmaster, these are the two precious treasures that I received before!"

In Lu Qingshan's eyes, Venerable Yaoguang was waiting for him here so that he could use these treasures to exchange for resources to improve his life gene level.

"This is just a small matter, not worth your grandmaster waiting here for you!"

Venerable Yaoguang casually put away the two precious treasures that Lu Qingshan was holding, and then solemnly said, "The reason I waited for you here this time is to take you to see my teacher, one of the greatest beings in my human race, the Lord of Ice Peaks!"

"The Lord of the Ice Peaks?"

After hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

Venerable Yaoguang had previously told him that he would find a way to make him a disciple of the Lord of Ice Peak, but that would require him to create the third peak-level secret technique!
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly said, "Grandmaster, this disciple has not yet created the third peak secret technique!"

"It doesn't matter!"

Venerable Yaoguang said with a smile, "You made quite a name for yourself on that extraterrestrial battlefield this time, so I took this opportunity to visit my teacher!"

"After learning that you killed the traitor, the Hundred Flower King, for our human race, our teacher was quite pleased. That's why he wanted to meet you and probably wants to take you on as a disciple!"

Hearing Venerable Yaoguang's words, Lu Qingshan did not feel any dissatisfaction because he was a disciple under the nominal title.

After all, the Lord of the Universe would definitely conduct an assessment before accepting disciples.

Although he now possesses the strength to be invincible as a king, in the eyes of a universe master, he is no different from a genius at the realm master level, and may even be inferior in terms of potential!
"Let's go!"

Venerable Yaoguang waved his hand, and then quickly led Lu Qingshan out of the mansion: "Teacher's temple is in the Primal Secret Realm!"

After arriving in the void outside the headquarters continent, Venerable Yaoguang quickly waved his hand and took out a silver triangular spaceship, then led Lu Qingshan directly inside.

……

The silver triangular spaceship continued to move forward in the dark universe, while Lu Qingshan followed Venerable Yaoguang to the spaceship's control room.

"Green Mountain!" Venerable Yaoguang called out softly.

“Grandmaster!” Lu Qingshan replied respectfully.

"You've only become a nominal disciple of the master this time, and you've already achieved great success on the battlefield beyond the realm, so the master probably won't bestow any treasures upon you!"

Venerable Yaoguang slowly asked, "But don't worry, you've become my disciple. If you can break through to the Universe Venerable realm in the future, I will definitely bestow upon you a precious treasure!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

For him, the most important thing was to receive guidance from the Ice Peak Lord after becoming his disciple; whether the Ice Peak Lord would bestow treasures upon him was secondary!
With the help of the enlightenment enhancement function in the chat group, once he receives personal guidance from the Lord of Ice Peak, whether it is comprehending the fundamental laws or researching self-created secret techniques, it will definitely be much faster than before.

……

Half a month later, Lu Qingshan felt the entire spaceship tremble slightly, indicating that it had already traveled back to its original universe.

"Simulate the outdoor scene!" Venerable Yaoguang gave the order directly.

Lu Qingshan felt a sudden brightness before his eyes, and then the scenery around him changed instantly, as if he were in a vast starry sky.

However, this space was completely empty, without even a speck of cosmic dust. The only thing that existed was a magnificent palace in the distance.

The palace is crystal clear, imposing, and uniquely shaped, covered with endless intricate carvings, and faintly exudes a cold aura.

Venerable Yaoguang looked into the distance and introduced to Lu Qingshan, "This palace is an incomparably powerful treasure—the Ice Mountain Palace. Over countless years, countless powerful alien races have perished beneath this Ice Mountain Palace. Now, one of my teacher's avatars resides inside!"

After saying this, Venerable Yaoguang moved his mind and appeared in the outer universe with Lu Qingshan.

“Teacher!” Venerable Yaoguang stood in the void and called out respectfully.

Boom!

Spacetime distorted instantly, and then Lu Qingshan and Venerable Yaoguang vanished from this cosmic void.

(End of this chapter)