Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 228 Movements from all sides
In the virtual universe, inside a magnificent palace atop Thunder Island.

The palace was pitch black and completely shrouded in a thick, chaotic aura. Even if a cosmic overlord were to appear here, it would be impossible for him to find any trace of the palace.

The master of this palace is none other than the Dark Lord, the junior brother of the Chaos City Lord and one of the most mysterious cosmic lords of the human race.

As one of the most powerful beings hidden among the human race, the existence of the Dark Lord is known only to the strongest among the giant axe users and other cosmic lords.

As for others, even the three top cosmic overlords, they do not have this authority.

Meanwhile, in the temple of the Lord of Darkness, several cosmic lords of the human race had gathered, along with the Giant Axe Founder, the strongest being in the universe.

"dark!"

The Chaos City Lord, standing nearby, asked with great concern, "How are things going on your end?"

"The situation isn't very good!"

The Lord of Darkness hurriedly said, "When I was competing for a supreme treasure weapon inside the spaceship, I encountered the Lord of the Pure Eye Clan and the Lord of the Five Chaos!"

"Either of these two is stronger than me, so I gave up on competing for that supreme treasure weapon immediately. But even after they snatched the supreme treasure weapon, they still relentlessly pursued me!"

"damn it!"

"Those lunatics from the Divine Eye Clan!"

"Those scum of the Divine Eye Clan have been going crazy ever since they encountered other powerful figures, because they are nearing the end of their lifespan!"

After hearing the words of the Lord of Darkness, the other lords of the universe around him were filled with rage.

The strongest of the giant axe-wielders quickly asked, "Darkness, what's the situation now?"

"I am currently escaping on a supreme palace-type treasure. The Lord of the Pure Eye and the Lord of the Five Chaos cannot do anything to me for the time being!"

The Lord of Darkness quickly said in a deep voice, "However, those two said before that they had notified the Seventh True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan. That Seventh True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan possesses the supreme treasure of the palace type, 'Ice Cliff Fortress.' Once he arrives, I'm afraid I will be doomed this time!"

"Damn God Eye Clan!"

Upon hearing the Lord of Darkness's words, the Giant Axe Founder sneered, "They probably saw that Darkness was alone and easy to bully, so they planned to kill him and steal his treasure!"

"no way!"

The Lord of Darkness shook his head and said, "I was too impulsive this time. After seeing the Lord of the Pure Eyes and the Lord of the Five Chaos, I didn't retreat immediately, and they started targeting me!"

"Here's what I'll do. When I flee next, I'll enter the 'Crying Wind Sea Region.' The Crying Wind Sea Region is extremely dangerous. Even a fifth-order Universe Lord would have a hard time surviving there. I suppose the Lord of the Pure Eye and the Lord of the Five Chaos will stop chasing me!"

"And what about you, darkness?"

The Ice Peak Lord quickly added, "Once you enter the Wailing Wind Sea area, your main battle avatar will likely perish!"

"So be it, let it be!"

The Lord of Darkness said coldly, "Even if I perish, I will not let my treasures fall into the hands of the Divine Eye Clan!"

"Alright, I will try my best to properly store all the treasures I have before I perish. Then, Giant Axe, you will have to go to the Crying Wind Sea region to see if you can retrieve the treasures I left behind after my fall!"

"no problem!"

The Giant Axe Founder quickly nodded and said, "Darkness, the treasures you possess are very precious even to my entire human race. It's only right that I make this trip!"

"I'm currently exploring the Azure Lake area, and I estimate it will only take a few years to reach the Crying Wind Sea area!"

After a while...

"I have entered the Crying Wind Sea area. The Lord of the Pure Eye and the Lord of the Five Chaos have stopped chasing me, but they haven't left either!"

The Lord of Darkness continued, "I suspect they're waiting for the Seventh True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan to arrive so they can enter the Weeping Wind Sea region to search for the treasures I lost after my demise!"

"Giant Axe, in my opinion, you should stay away for now. Otherwise, you'll inevitably suffer if you run into the Seventh True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan!"

"Hmph, those damned God-Eye Clan!"

After hearing the Dark Lord's words, the strongest of the giant axe snorted coldly, but did not say anything more.

In fact, in a one-on-one fight, the strongest of the Giant Axe is not afraid at all, and can even suppress the seventh true master of the Divine Eye Clan when he unleashes his full power.

But the seventh true master of the Divine Eye Clan possesses the supreme treasure of palace type, 'Ice Cliff Fortress,' so naturally he fears no one.

If the strongest of the Giant Axe were to actually clash with the Divine Eye Clan, and other True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan were to arrive, he would certainly suffer a great loss without the protection of a supreme treasure.

"My main battle clone has perished!"

The Lord of Darkness quickly said, "I have divided my important treasures into two parts, and they have been sent in roughly these two directions. After the Seventh True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan leaves, you can go and search for them again, Giant Axe!"

Hearing the Lord of Darkness's words, many of the human race's cosmic lords were quite depressed.

It should be noted that the Dark Lord's main battle avatar carried several top-tier treasures, including a top-tier palace-type treasure and a top-tier soul-type treasure. His fall, while not crippling for the entire human race, will certainly cause them considerable pain for a long time.

However, the one who was dealing with the Lord of Darkness was the Divine Eye Clan, the number one power in the Cosmic Sea, and the human race did not dare to retaliate openly.

"If only the original ancestor hadn't been suppressed!"

The Lord of Qingdong, standing to the side, couldn't help but say, "If the Primordial Ancestor hadn't been suppressed, the Divine Eye Clan wouldn't have dared to provoke our human race at all!"

Upon hearing the words of the Lord of Qingdong, all the other universe lords around him sighed in admiration.

But at that moment, they all received an email from Baffin, the guardian of the Skybridge plane.

"The Watcher Baffin's email?"

The strongest axe user was slightly taken aback, but quickly opened the email.

The email contained the news that Lu Qingshan had passed the twenty-first level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge.

"Another member of our human race has broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm!"

After reading the email, the founder of Giant Axe finally felt a little less annoyed: "Lu Qingshan, the King of Myriad Realms? A little guy from the Virtual Universe Company lineage?"

"He possessed unparalleled strength before his breakthrough? He was able to create a peak secret technique at the Immortal stage; it seems this kid has some potential! And he's also your disciple, Ice Peak?"

"That's right!"

After reading the email, the Lord of Ice Peak quickly nodded and said, "I just took this little guy as my disciple. I didn't expect that only a few thousand epochs have passed and he has already broken through to the Universe Venerable Realm. It seems that I underestimated him!"

"This little guy has the ability to create clones. With a little training, he will definitely become a great general of our human race!"

"The ability to create clones?"

After hearing what the Lord of Ice Peak said, the Lord of Peng Gong, who was standing to the side, also became interested: "There are only a little over a hundred Universe Venerables in our human race who can create clones. I didn't expect there to be one more this time!"

"Hmm, a Cosmic Venerable with the ability to create clones is indeed worth nurturing!"

The founder of the giant axe nodded slightly, then continued, "Ice Peak, since this little fellow is your disciple, you can arrange the rest!"

"Don't worry, I will make proper arrangements!" The Lord of Ice Peaks quickly nodded and said.

In fact, under normal circumstances, if a Cosmic Venerable appeared in the race, especially a Cosmic Venerable with the ability to create clones, the Giant Axe Founder and others would definitely be quite happy, and might even have a good drink together.

But now, the Dark Lord's main battle avatar has just fallen, which is a huge blow to the entire human race. Naturally, they can hardly be happy because Lu Qingshan has broken through to the Universe Venerable realm.

After all, in their eyes, even if hundreds of Lu Qingshans were added together, they would not be as valuable as the precious treasures lost after the Dark Lord's fall!
……

Virtual Universe, Hongmeng City, Inner City.

Inside a magnificent hall, three figures were conversing.

Two of them resembled ordinary humans. One had long silver hair, crystalline skin, slightly blue eyes, and a purple mark between his eyebrows. The other was over two meters tall, wearing black armor, and had a rather ordinary appearance, but exuded a powerful aura.

If Lu Qingshan were here, he would find that he had seen both of them before; they were none other than Venerable Mengyue and Venerable Beihai, who had recently broken through to the next level in the human race.

As for the other person, it is Venerable Mengyue's teacher, 'Venerable Guying', who has the strength of a mid-level universe Venerable!
Lone Shadow Venerable's strength is quite ordinary among the many Universe Venerables of the human race, and he also has no background, so his status is not very high.

As for Venerable Mengyue, it was even more so. Although it took him a very short time to break through to the level of a Cosmic Venerable, his strength before the breakthrough was very ordinary, and he wasted a lot of precious resources after the breakthrough. Therefore, his strength was naturally at the bottom among the many Cosmic Venerables of the human race!

Although Venerable Beihai had only recently broken through a thousand years ago, he already possessed strength approaching that of an invincible king before his breakthrough. Therefore, upon his breakthrough, his strength was already very close to that of Venerable Guying. Furthermore, Venerable Beihai was a disciple of Lord Youhou, giving him a higher status than Venerable Guying.

Therefore, after Venerable Beihai broke through, Venerable Mengyue and his disciple invited each other to a banquet.

Unfortunately, there were just too many people who wanted to invite Venerable Beihai, so it wasn't until now that he accepted their invitation.

At this moment, the three Venerable Monument and Venerable Lone Shadow were drinking heartily together, and Venerable Lone Shadow, who had cultivated for the longest time, was telling some strange and unusual things in the universe.

Just as Venerable Mengyue and his two companions were enjoying their drinks, they simultaneously received an email from Baffin, the guardian of the Tongtian Bridge plane.

"An email from the Guardian Baffin? Could it be that my newly accepted disciple has passed the eighteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven?"

Thinking of this, Venerable Mengyue had a sudden thought and quickly opened the email.

More than four million years ago, a remarkable genius emerged among the human race. After joining the Giant Axe Arena through the Peak Genius Battle, he cultivated in Chaos City for thirty years and then passed the fifth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

It was for this reason that Venerable Mengyue took him as a disciple.

Now, more than four million years have passed, and his disciple has long since passed the seventeenth level of the Bridge to Heaven. His strength is enough to rank among the top twenty among the many world lord-level geniuses of the human race.

After reading the email, Venerable Mengyue was slightly taken aback, because the email showed that Lu Qingshan had passed the twenty-first level of the Tongtian Bridge.

"This this……"

Venerable Mengyue's face was full of surprise: "I didn't expect that the King of Myriad Realms would actually break through to the level of the Universe Venerable?"

You should know that he had invited Lu Qingshan to explore the secret realm together.

When Lu Qingshan said he wanted to go into seclusion to cultivate and break through to the level of a Universe Venerable, he was actually quite skeptical!

In his eyes, even if Lu Qingshan cultivated in seclusion for hundreds of thousands or even millions of epochs, it would be very difficult for him to break through to the realm of the Universe Venerable.

But now, only a few thousand epochs have passed, and Lu Qingshan, the King of Myriad Realms, has already broken through to the realm of the Universe Venerable.

Although it took Mengyue Venerable much less time to break through to the Universe Venerable realm than Lu Qingshan, he was well aware of the huge gap between himself and Lu Qingshan.

After all, once a powerful expert who has reached the level of a Universe Venerable breaks through to the level of a Universe Venerable, he is able to possess the combat strength of a mid-level Universe Venerable. However, his current strength is quite ordinary among the initial level Universe Venerables!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Venerable Beihai, after reading the email, also showed a look of shock.

"I never imagined that the King of All Realms would break through to the Universe Venerable realm so quickly!"

After sighing, Venerable Beihai couldn't help but recall his somewhat arrogant attitude at the previous banquet.

Actually, it can't be entirely blamed on him.

After all, when he was still in the Immortal God realm, the strength of the Monument King was somewhat inferior to that of Lu Qingshan, so it was inevitable that he would be somewhat proud after breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm.

But just as he broke through, Lu Qingshan also broke through.

If Lu Qingshan's strength was able to surpass him at the Immortal God stage, then after becoming a Universe Venerable, he would naturally be able to surpass him as well.

More importantly, Lu Qingshan also possesses the ability to create clones, a skill that many powerful individuals greatly envy.

"It's incredible!"

The Lone Shadow Venerable, standing to the side, downed the wine in his cup in one gulp, and then couldn't help but exclaim, "I never imagined that only a thousand years have passed, and after you, Monument Venerable, our human race would have another Universe Venerable!"

"Yes!"

Venerable Mengyue also exclaimed, "I originally wanted to invite the King of Myriad Realms to explore the secret realm together, but I never expected that in just a few thousand epochs, the King of Myriad Realms would break through to the realm of the Universe Venerable!"

"It is something to celebrate that our human race has produced another cosmic venerable one!" Venerable Monument quickly raised his glass in invitation.

……

It is a remote region of the universe, quite far from human territory, within the territory of the 'Golden Horn Clan,' an ordinary race in the universe.

At the heart of the Golden Horn tribe's territory lies a vast landmass with a diameter of trillions of kilometers, which is the sacred ground of the entire Golden Horn tribe.

Within the sacred grounds of the Golden Horn Clan, a group of powerful human warriors were currently visiting the holy city.

These powerful humans were members of the transportation department of a virtual universe company that delivered supplies to the Golden Horn Clan, and Lu Qingshan's sixth disciple, Hoggs, was one of them.

Besides transporting supplies, their purpose in coming to the Golden Horn tribe was naturally to gain some benefits from them.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Hoggs was able to obtain this rare opportunity with the initial level of the title of Marquis was because Black Peak King, one of the heads of the transportation department, fought for him.

At this moment, Hoggs, led by the 'Ironforge King' of the Golden Horn Clan, is heading to the Golden Horn Clan's Secret Tome Tower to select secret manuals.

"Young friend Hoggs!"

On the way to the Tower of Mysteries, King Iron Furnace smiled and said, "Tens of millions of years ago, your teacher, King of Myriad Realms, visited the Tower of Mysteries of my Golden Horn Clan. I never thought you would have such an opportunity today!"

"I've heard about this too!"

Hoggs quickly added, "Furthermore, my teacher once told me that the Golden Horn Clan is one of the best allies of our human race, and their relationship with us is extremely close! After selecting the secret manuals, I will also visit King Taven of the Taven Tribe on behalf of my teacher!"

"The Tavin Clan now has two Immortal Kings!"

King Ironforge quickly said, "I am quite familiar with the Immortal King 'Sifanqi' of the Taven tribe. Since you, young friend Hoggs, are planning to visit the Taven tribe, you can set off with me later!"

"Then thank you very much, King Ironforge!" Hoggs quickly expressed his gratitude.

Of course, while thanking the Iron Furnace King, Hoggs was also inwardly marveling at the power of his teacher, Lu Qingshan.

It should be noted that he arrived at the Golden Horn Clan with a King-level Immortal along with many Marquis-level experts from the transportation department. However, his treatment in the Golden Horn Clan was even better than that of the other Marquis-level experts who were traveling with him, and he was only slightly weaker than the King-level Immortal who was leading the group.

The reason he received such treatment was naturally because he had Lu Qingshan as his powerful backer.

Soon, under the guidance of the Ironforge King, Hoggs selected many precious secret manuals from the Golden Horn Clan's Secret Tower.

But just as he left the Golden Horn Clan's Secret Tower, he suddenly received an email from Black Peak King, one of the heads of the transportation department.

"An email from Lord Black Peak King?"

Hoggs paused for a moment, then quickly opened the email.

After reading the email, Hoggs stood there dumbfounded.

"This this……"

Hoggs was undoubtedly very excited at this moment: "My teacher has actually become a cosmic sage?"

Hoggs wanted to verify the authenticity of the information in the virtual universe, but despite his strength and status, he lacked the necessary permissions.

But at that moment, he soon received emails from several other immortal kings, including one from his junior brother 'Stretch'.

The emails were filled with news that Lu Qingshan had passed the twenty-first level of the Heavenly Bridge and become a Universe Venerable.

After confirming the authenticity of the news, Hoggs was naturally even more excited.

"I knew it!"

"I knew my teacher would become a cosmic supreme being!"

Just as Hoggs was feeling excited, the Ironforge King beside him suddenly showed a look of surprise.

A moment later, the Ironforge King turned to Hoggs: "Young friend Hoggs, Elder Clements of the Golden Horn Clan wishes to see you. Please follow me!"

"This……"

Upon hearing Ironforge King's words, Hoggs was slightly taken aback, but then quickly remembered that Clements had once attended Lu Qingshan's banquet.

"Elder Clements must have learned that Master has broken through to the Universe Venerable realm!"

Having guessed the reason, Hogsten immediately realized what was going on and calmly followed King Ironforge to the Temple of Elders.

(End of this chapter)