Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 225 The Monument Venerable's Complete Breakthrough in the Fundamental Laws of Time
After enjoying a hearty drink at Lei Huanwang's mansion, Lu Qingshan and his fellow disciples dispersed.

As for Lei Huanwang, he first returned to his family to handle some trivial matters, and then returned to Chaos City to cultivate in seclusion.

After Lei Huanwang arrived at his residence in Chaos City, Lu Qingshan, having received the news, quickly went there alone.

In the living room of Lei Huan Wang Mansion.

"Qingshan!"

Lei Huanwang was clearly surprised to see Lu Qingshan at his door: "Why are you here again? Is there something you need?"

"Is such that!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "Teacher, as you know, I am now quite wealthy!"

"You were resurrected by the reversal of time by the clan's higher-ups, so you must have incurred some debts. Why don't I help you pay them off? That way, you won't have any worries when you travel the universe in the future!"

The reason he didn't mention this in the virtual universe before was because King of Lightning and others were also there at the time.

If he had brought this up back then, it would have embarrassed King Lei Huan and the others as well.

After all, Lu Qingshan paid for it, so should they pay for it too?
If they offer it, they certainly don't have that much money; if they don't offer it, doesn't that mean they don't respect King Lei Huan as much as Lu Qingshan does?
"Haha, so you've finally remembered your teacher!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang laughed again, and he laughed very happily.

He could naturally guess most of what Lu Qingshan was thinking, which was why he was so happy.

In his eyes, although Lu Qingshan had seized a lot of treasures on the extraterritorial battlefield, they had to be shared with his many allies. Once they fell into his hands, there wouldn't be much left.

Lu Qingshan will need a lot of resources for his cultivation and to improve his strength. Given his personality, he would not accept a disciple who would require such a large amount of resources.
"Qingshan, don't worry!"

"I've been traversing the universe for many years. Although I don't have your luck, I've still managed to accumulate some savings!"

Lei Huanwang picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and then continued, "Although I have perished this time, I have only lost the many treasures I carried with me. As for the wealth stored in the Universe's First Bank and the many points within the company, I can use them again after I am resurrected!"

"This wealth was originally accumulated by me to purchase powerful treasures. Although I haven't gathered enough yet, it's still more than enough to pay for the cost of resurrection!"

Upon hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

But on second thought, this is indeed quite normal!
After all, King Lei Huan has lived for countless years. Although he has fallen several times, with his strength, it is indeed quite easy for him to acquire some wealth.

Although he refused Lu Qingshan's offer, Lei Huanwang's smile grew even wider.

After all, Lu Qingshan was willing to spend such a large amount of resources to revive him, and he had even considered the timing carefully. What else could it be but true respect for him?
Especially now that Lu Qingshan has become a disciple of the Ice Peak Master, there is no need for him to curry favor anymore. It can only be said that Lu Qingshan's words were completely from the bottom of his heart!
When Lu Qingshan saw that Lei Huanwang had rejected his idea, he stopped trying to persuade him.

With him around, there's no way that Lei Huan Wang will be unable to revive after his fall!
And so, Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingshan chatted for a while longer before Lu Qingshan took his leave.

After leaving Lei Huanwang's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly immersed himself in comprehending the fundamental laws of time.

……

And so time continued to flow by, and in the blink of an eye, more than 30 million years had passed.

In the virtual universe, on Thunder Island, in the mansion of Venerable Radiant Light.

At this moment, a cultivation space within the mansion has been simulated into a huge factory shrouded in mist.

Inside the factory, two elusive figures flickered incessantly.

Among them, the figure fleeing ahead was about two meters tall and wearing dark gold armor; it was Lu Qingshan.

The figure chasing after Lu Qingshan was a strange creature over three meters long, with a body shape like a swallow. It was the thousandth opponent he encountered when he created his own movement technique!

During this period of time, with the help of the enlightenment enhancement function in the chat group, Lu Qingshan has created the third peak level sword technique.
At the same time, he improved the soul attack technique "Soul Slaughtering Sword" with his understanding of the laws of the twentieth level of the Bridge to Heaven, and then raised it to its peak level!
And now, he has created his own pinnacle level movement technique.

call!call!call!
The strange life form that was constantly chasing Lu Qingshan kept flapping its wings, but it, which had been able to catch up with Lu Qingshan so quickly before, could no longer touch him even a little bit this time.

Even though this strange being displayed incredible movement techniques, it was still only a hair's breadth away from Lu Qingshan, who was also using his movement techniques to escape.

However, a slight difference can lead to a huge discrepancy, making it very difficult for this strange life form to catch up with Lu Qingshan.

As time passed, the time it takes to drink a cup of tea quickly went by.

hum!
The strange life form that was chasing Lu Qingshan suddenly began to slowly dissipate and then disappeared completely.

"Hahaha! So much time has passed, and now I've finally managed to hold out against this flying swallow for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea!"

Seeing that the strange creature's figure had completely disappeared, Lu Qingshan, who was fleeing, quickly stopped and a smile appeared on his face.

"Now that my movement technique has reached its peak, and with the help of the Purple Thunder Sky-Stepping Boots, I should be able to compete with the Wind Shadow King!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but think to himself.

It should be noted that during the battle for the treasure in the outer battlefield, the Wind Shadow King's astonishing speed instantly left other invincible kings behind, which Lu Qingshan greatly envied at the time.

In the original work, Luo Feng's ability to gain great fame in the early stages of the extraterrestrial battlefield was also related to his use of the Killing Wu Wings bestowed upon him by the Lord of Chaos City to elevate his movement techniques to an extremely high level.

Therefore, although movement techniques cannot enhance attack and defense capabilities, they allow powerful individuals to fight, chase, and escape at will on the battlefield, making them completely invincible.

This is why creating a peak-level movement technique is several times more difficult than creating a peak-level soul attack technique.

Fortunately, Lu Qingshan has finally done it!

He had just survived the time it takes to drink a cup of tea in the hands of that flying swallow, which also marked that his movement technique had successfully entered the peak level.

And just then...

hum!
As the space trembled slightly, a figure clad in silver armor quickly appeared before Lu Qingshan; it was none other than Venerable Yaoguang.

Upon seeing the visitor, Lu Qingshan quickly bowed and greeted him, "Senior Brother Yaoguang!"

"Qingshan!"

Looking at Lu Qingshan before him, Venerable Yaoguang also had a hint of amazement in his eyes: "I never expected that you would be able to create peak-level sword techniques, soul attack techniques, and movement techniques in such a short period of time!"

"Furthermore, you have already comprehended the three major branches of the fundamental law of time. As long as you integrate the three branches together and transform them into the complete fundamental law of time, you will be able to break through to the realm of the Universe Venerable!"

"Now, your strength is already among the strongest of all the invincible kings in our human race!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan felt no pride whatsoever.

After all, he was able to do this thanks to the enlightenment enhancement function in the chat group.

He has now been cultivating in seclusion for over 30 million years. Although time flows extremely slowly within the chat group and no new members have joined, he has still accumulated a considerable amount of points over time.

After accumulating points, Lu Qingshan quickly activated the Enlightenment Enhancement function. With the help of the Enlightenment Enhancement function, he comprehended the fundamental laws of time, researched his own secret techniques, and so on.

That is precisely why he was able to achieve such remarkable success in such a short period of time.

The only pity is that after he raised his self-created secret technique to its peak level, his research speed for secret techniques greatly decreased, even with the help of the enlightenment enhancement function!

At present, the fastest progress he has made in swordsmanship is only the first move, which he used to defeat his 1,200th opponent.

There is undoubtedly still an incredibly long way to go before reaching the ultimate level of two thousand opponents.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that I'm still a long way from creating an ultimate level secret technique!"

"Ultimate Secret Technique?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Yaoguang couldn't help but exclaim, "Qingshan, I didn't expect you to have such a big heart!"

"Let me put it this way, ultimate-level secret techniques are generally only created by powerhouses at the level of teachers! Of course, teachers and their comprehension of the laws is higher, so the level of their secret techniques will also be higher!"

"As for powerhouses at the level of Cosmic Venerables, most of them only use peak-level secret techniques. Even I am the same. Very few can create ultimate secret techniques!"

"Therefore, the stronger one is, the easier it is to create secret techniques!"

"At the Immortal stage, it took you a great deal of effort to create a peak-level secret technique! But for a powerhouse at the Universe Venerable level, anyone can create a peak-level secret technique!"

"Of course, you were able to create three peak secret techniques at the Immortal God stage in such a short time. If you really break through to the Universe Venerable realm in the future, you might actually have the opportunity to create the ultimate secret technique!"

Upon hearing Venerable Yaoguang's words, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

His previous desire to create the ultimate secret technique during the Immortal stage was entirely due to his concern that the points required to activate the Enlightenment Blessing function would skyrocket after he entered the Cosmic Venerable stage.

But now it seems that if creating secret techniques becomes simpler after reaching the realm of the Cosmic Venerable, then with this trade-off, it's possible that the better approach would be!

For example, it might take him a billion years to create the ultimate secret technique now, but if he becomes a cosmic sage, it might only take him a hundred million years.

Even if the points required to activate the Enlightenment Blessing function increase, it will still be very worthwhile for him!
Similarly, the same applies to comprehending the fundamental laws of space!
When a powerful being reaches the Realm Lord level, they are able to comprehend various fundamental laws, and each fundamental law is very intimately connected to the Realm Lord.

After becoming an immortal god, one's soul is completely integrated into divine power, becoming part of the immortal divine body, and can be considered a part of the ocean of primordial laws! For example, Lu Qingshan broke through to immortality with a complete ocean of lightning primordial laws. So when he tried to comprehend other primordial laws such as fire, water, and light, he would be strongly rejected by these primordial laws, and the difficulty of comprehending them would instantly increase by tens of thousands or millions of times.

Of course, if one had already gained recognition of this fundamental law at the realm master stage, there would be no more rejection, but comprehending it would still be much more difficult.

Also... (in the original text, when Luo Feng bestowed the Purple Bell upon the Heavy Arrow King)
Above the five fundamental laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth lies the fundamental law of space.
Above the three fundamental laws of wind, lightning, and light lies the fundamental law of time.

If one achieves immortality through these five lower-level fundamental laws under the fundamental law of space, then while there might be some resistance when trying to comprehend the fundamental law of space, there is still a possibility of improvement.

If one achieves immortality through these three lower-level fundamental laws under the fundamental law of time, then there is also a possibility of improvement if one comprehends the fundamental law of time.
However, if one comprehends the fundamental law of wind but insists on studying the fundamental law of space, it might be possible during the realm lord stage, but once one reaches the immortal stage, it becomes impossible to cultivate.

Therefore, Lu Qingshan, who became an immortal god by virtue of the fundamental law of lightning, is simply not capable of saving points by further enhancing his understanding of the fundamental law of space during the immortal stage.

After all, even with the Enlightenment Enhancement function activated last time, he was still unable to comprehend the fundamental laws of space!

As various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Venerable Yaoguang quickly spoke up as well.

"Qingshan!"

Venerable Radiant Light said very seriously, "In my opinion, instead of continuing to create combat secret techniques, you should spend more time studying the fundamental laws of time!"

"Now that you have fully comprehended the three branches of the fundamental law of time, once you successfully integrate them, you can step into the realm of a Cosmic Venerable!"

"Although it is very difficult to achieve this, and countless immortal kings among our human race have been stuck at this final step, you are still very young and can certainly try more!"

"If we really get stuck at this bottleneck for a long time, it's not too late to study combat techniques then!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred.

With the help of the enlightenment enhancement function, he was not worried about encountering a major bottleneck.

After all, even when he forcibly comprehended the fundamental laws of space before, he was able to make some progress with the help of the enlightenment enhancement function, although the progress was extremely slow.

Even now, his comprehension of the fundamental laws of space is only at the threshold of the fundamental laws, which is equivalent to the top ten in the Genius Battle. He can't even get past the first level of the Connecting Sky Bridge!

Although he had given up studying the fundamental laws of space, he still wanted to create an ultimate secret technique before breaking through.

But now it seems that perhaps the most correct choice is to wait until you break through to the level of a Cosmic Venerable before creating the ultimate secret technique!

With this thought in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly realized, "For me right now, perhaps breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm directly is the best option!"

But just as Lu Qingshan was pondering these questions, he suddenly received an email.

At the same time, Venerable Radiant Light also received an email.

The contents of their emails were exactly the same, reporting that the personal disciple of Lord Youhou, the King of the Monument, had just broken through to the realm of the Universe Venerable.

"The King of the Monuments has broken through?"

After reading the email, Venerable Yaoguang was slightly taken aback, then his face lit up with excitement: "My God, how long has it been?"

"In just tens of millions of years, four Universe Venerables have emerged in our human race. Apart from Venerable Mengyue, whose strength is relatively weak, King Beihai broke through to become a mid-level Venerable, while Palace Master Tianshi and Venerable Jiufeng have even reached the level of Universe Overlords. This is truly the will of the universe's origin favoring our human race!"

Upon hearing Venerable Yaoguang's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

If the primordial will of the universe could truly act freely, it would probably be eager for the complete annihilation of the human race.

After all, the most powerful being in the human race, 'Yuan,' tried to possess it, but was ultimately suppressed due to its failure!
Unfortunately, the original will of the primordial universe can only operate according to the rules of the supreme law and cannot act freely at all, so the human race is naturally safe and sound!
However, Venerable Yaoguang's words also make a lot of sense.

It should be noted that since the birth of the universe, the human race has only accumulated a few thousand cosmic beings.

On average, it might take hundreds of millions of epochs to produce a single cosmic sovereign.

However, recently, the human race has seen the breakthrough of Venerable Mengyue on the battlefield outside the domain, followed by the rise of two cosmic overlords, the Palace Master of Tianshi Palace and Venerable Jiufeng, and now the King of the Monument has also broken through to the realm of cosmic Venerable!
If this pace continues, it will only take tens of millions of epochs for the human race to produce thousands, or even tens of thousands, of Cosmic Venerables!

……

On the other side, after breaking through to the realm of the Universe Venerable, the Monument King also quickly held a grand banquet.

Although Lu Qingshan is an immortal god, he possesses the strength to be an invincible king, and he also joined forces with the King of the Monument to kill the King of Flowers in the outer battlefield, so he naturally received an invitation as well.

At this banquet, Lu Qingshan also witnessed how spirited and exuberant the King of the Monument, or rather the Venerable Monument, was after his breakthrough.

Back when the King of the Monument was still at the Immortal God realm, although he barely possessed the strength of an invincible king, he was naturally slightly inferior to Lu Qingshan, who was skilled in both soul attacks and physical attacks.

In fact, after the King of the Monuments had achieved the invincible strength of a king, he had also sparred with Lu Qingshan once.

After all, at this stage, it is no longer possible to venture into the outer battlefields. Lu Qingshan and the Monument King are not lacking in resources, so their biggest goal is naturally to break through to the Universe Venerable realm.

Both of them belong to the Virtual Universe Company and are disciples of the Lord of the Universe, so they naturally communicate frequently.

So while exchanging ideas, King Beihai also took the initiative to propose a sparring match with Lu Qingshan.

At that time, although Lu Qingshan's soul attack could not harm the Skeleton King who was protected by a soul-type treasure, he was still able to suppress the Skeleton King slightly by relying solely on physical attacks.

After all, in terms of the level of secret techniques, the level of life genes, and protective treasures, the two of them are almost the same, but Lu Qingshan is slightly better in the amplitude secret technique!

In addition, Lu Qingshan has a clone, so when the King of the Monument is with him, he always has to be a little more humble!

Now that the Monument King has successfully broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm, he is even more spirited and high-spirited.

Therefore, when Lu Qingshan communicated with the King of the Monument, although he could still feel the other party's enthusiasm, there was also a hint of arrogance mixed in.

After all, within the human race, even an invincible king is still far from being a cosmic sage.

Putting everything else aside, just take the residence on Thunder Island!

Even the most ordinary Cosmic Venerables can build their residences halfway up a mountain, while Lu Qingshan, who is invincible and has been granted the title of King, still has to live at the foot of Thunder Island even though he can enter the inner city of the Hong Alliance.

Even Luo Feng in the original story, whose residence was built halfway up the mountain by the Lord of Chaos City, was still not convinced by the other universe venerables.

Ultimately, it was only after Luo Feng killed the King of the Barking Mirror and proved that he possessed strength comparable to a mid-level universe venerable that he was able to build his own residence halfway up Thunder Island with his immortal body, and at the same time gain the recognition of other universe venerables!

……

"It's time for me to break through!"

After returning from the banquet hosted by Venerable Monument, Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "I originally planned to accumulate more experience in the Immortal stage, but the speed at which I create ultimate secret techniques and study the fundamental laws of space is much slower than I expected!"

"Since that's the case, let's directly comprehend the fundamental laws of time, fully understand them, and step into the realm of a Cosmic Venerable!"

"Regardless of whether the points required for the Enlightenment Enhancement function will increase, at least my own realm will be higher, making it easier to study the fundamental laws of space or the ultimate secret techniques!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly resumed his secluded cultivation.

One year, two years...

Ten years, a hundred years...

Time keeps flowing by, and in the blink of an eye, another thousand years have passed.

In the primordial universe, in Chaos City, in the mansion where Lu Qingshan resided.

"Time stop, time speed up, time slow down!"

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Lu Qingshan, who was engrossed in cultivation, finally slowly opened his eyes.

His body was filled with vast divine power, and countless divine powers were seen pulling at the threads of law, revealing three incomplete secret patterns in mid-air!
Immediately afterwards, the three secret rune diagrams began to merge!

The three secret patterns combined with each other ultimately formed a perfect secret pattern!
This is a secret pattern similar to the mythical beast pattern in the seventh image of the "Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele".

"The fundamental law of time has finally been fulfilled!"

Looking at the near-perfect rune pattern before him, Lu Qingshan finally smiled!
Then...

In the primordial universe, within a spatial interlayer, in Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom.

"Boom!"

The immense pressure of the primordial laws of the universe descended directly upon Lu Qingshan's divine realm, and the endless divine sea avatar below also began to boil over!

　I finally made it!

　　But to be honest, while writing this chapter, I realized that I hadn't done a lot of groundwork that I had planned to lay; it felt a bit rushed.
　　This chapter alone is almost like an outline!

　　But since we've already said it will be a breakthrough on the 10th, let's just go with that and we'll add more details later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)