Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 251 The Battle of Geniuses Ends, the Intention to Accept Disciples
"congratulations!"

After the final nine hundred geniuses were selected, Lu Qingshan quickly reappeared in front of everyone and continued, "You are the most outstanding geniuses in this year's Genius Battle. After joining the core of my Virtual Universe Company, you will all receive intensive training!"

"Of course, competition exists everywhere! All of you one thousand people can join the core layer of my Virtual Universe Company, but there will be some differences in treatment! Now I will announce the following rules..."

Immediately afterwards, Lu Qingshan recounted the benefits and treatment of the core layers of the Virtual Universe Company, including the Primordial Secret Realm, the Primordial Secret Realm, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and the Doomsday Secret Realm, and then announced the number of people recruited this time.

Among them, the Primordial Secret Realm absorbed one person, the Primordial Secret Realm absorbed nine people, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm absorbed ninety people, and the remaining geniuses were all from the Doomsday Secret Realm.

"The final battles will begin tomorrow to determine the final rankings."

Lu Qingshan's gentle voice echoed in the minds of every genius: "The specific rules of the decisive battle have been transmitted to each of you through the virtual universe system. You should all get some rest today!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan's figure quickly disappeared from the square.

After he left, the countless geniuses around him began to discuss it.

"Kosom, I didn't expect you to be eliminated too!"

"Yes! I was eliminated in the third arena battle. My opponent was definitely stronger than me!"

"It's such a shame that we didn't even make it into the top 1,000 in the entire universe!"

"There's nothing to regret!"

A surge of fighting spirit quickly appeared on the genius named Kosom's face. He then said seriously, "I once heard the ancestor mention that the Venerable of Myriad Realms, who is in charge of this year's genius battle, once participated in the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle, but in the end, like us, he failed to join the Virtual Universe Company!"

"But most of the geniuses from the same generation as the Venerable of Myriad Realms have already perished, and only a handful have become immortal gods. The Venerable of Myriad Realms, on the other hand, has become a super powerhouse comparable to the ruler of a universe!"

In fact, under normal circumstances, the messages of the Cosmic Venerables are simply beyond the comprehension of these stellar-level geniuses.

However, Lu Qingshan has only cultivated for tens of millions of years, and has only been a Universe Venerable for nearly ten million years.

Furthermore, the ancestor of Kosom's family was a Marquis-level Immortal in the Yanfeng Universe, so he naturally knew quite a bit about Lu Qingshan's affairs.

"You mean..."

After hearing Kosom's words, a hint of anticipation appeared on the face of his friend who had also been eliminated.

"That's right!"

Kosom quickly nodded and said, "Although we didn't make it into the top 1,000 in the entire universe this time, as long as we continue to cultivate diligently, we will definitely have the opportunity to become super strong in the future!"

However, another genius not far away looked unconvinced after hearing Kosom's words.

"Kosom!"

The genius quickly spoke up, "You don't actually think you can compare to the great Venerable One of Myriad Realms, do you?"

"I've heard the Ancestor mention the experiences of the Venerable One of Myriad Realms, but how many such figures have appeared in the vast territory of the human race throughout the endless ages?"

"The Battle of the Peak Geniuses takes place every five thousand years, and there is also the Battle of the Peak Experts. Over the long years, how many people have been eliminated by these battles of geniuses and experts? But there can only be one great Venerable of the Myriad Realms!"

"In my opinion, we should focus on our cultivation and see if we have a chance to participate in the next Peak Power Battle!"

"Humph!"

After hearing the genius's words, Kosom quickly snorted coldly: "When the Venerable of Myriad Realms was eliminated in the Peak Genius Battle, who could have imagined that he would become a Universe Venerable in the future?"

"I've only been cultivating for a little over two hundred years now. Who can say for sure that I won't become a super strong person in the future?"

"you……"

After hearing Kosom's words, the genius who had refuted him shook his head slightly and then walked to the side.

The conversation between Kosom and the others was quickly noticed by the other immortals leading the teams.

Theodore!

One of the immortal leaders, whose face was covered in blue scales, laughed and said, "This little fellow from your Yanfeng Universe Kingdom is quite ambitious, daring to compare himself to the experience of a Venerable of Myriad Realms!"

"Yes!"

Another immortal leader chuckled and teased, "This little guy isn't very strong, but he's got such a big mouth!"

Listening to the teasing from his friends, Theodore, the leader of Yanfeng Universe Kingdom, couldn't help but show a helpless expression.

"Haha, who among us hasn't experienced something like this when we were young?"

Theodore quickly smiled and said, "This little fellow named 'Kosom' is a descendant of 'Marquis Cangsong' from my Yanfeng Universe Kingdom. He has never encountered any setbacks since he was a child. I believe that after cultivating for a while longer, he will understand more principles!"

After hearing Theodore's words, the other immortals around him fell silent.

Just as another genius just said...

How vast is the territory of humankind, and how many geniuses have been born throughout the endless ages?
Over countless years, let alone geniuses who have grown to the level of Venerable Ones of Myriad Realms, there have not been many geniuses who could become Marquis-level Immortals like them!

The geniuses in each generation of the Genius Battle seem incredibly talented, each one having fought their way up from the borders of a cosmic nation.

But looking at the endless history of humankind, they are just ordinary!

While these immortals were chatting idly, some geniuses who had made it into the top 1,000 started making a scene after reading the rules for tomorrow's final battle, feeling that the Virtual Universe Company's arrangements were unfair.

Upon seeing this, the immortal leaders naturally rushed over to handle the situation.

"Idiot, shut up!"

"What are you doing? Shut up!"

One by one, the powerful immortal leaders unleashed their terrifying mental pressure, forcing all the troublemaking geniuses to kneel on the ground.

"A bunch of idiots!"

"I never expected to encounter such an ignorant idiot in this year's Genius Battle!"

"Do you think you little guys at the stellar level can change the decisions made by the top management of Virtual Universe Company?"

"Little ones, today I'm going to teach you a new lesson, and you'd better remember it!"

One of the immortal leaders, who had a single black horn on his forehead, quickly said in a cold voice, "Your ability to stand out from countless star-level beings in my human territory and break into the top 1,000 in the entire universe is indeed remarkable and amazing!"

"But you should know that the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle is held every five thousand years, along with the Peak Powerhouse Battle and many super geniuses who join the core of the five major powers through other channels! There are countless geniuses like you within the five major powers of our human race, so you'd better keep a low profile in the future, otherwise you might not even live for a few hundred years!"

"That's right! Going against the decisions of higher-ups is a major taboo!"

Many of the team leaders were well aware of the arrogance in the hearts of these geniuses, after all, many of them had gone through the same thing back then.

However, the path to the peak is destined to be full of obstacles. If these geniuses continue to maintain this arrogance, they will easily fail and fall on the road to becoming strong. Therefore, they naturally want to take this opportunity to suppress the arrogance in the hearts of these geniuses.

After hearing the reminders and reprimands from these immortal leaders, many geniuses realized their mistake and lost their previous arrogance.

……

The next morning, Lu Qingshan reappeared in the central square to preside over the final stage of the genius battle.

One hundred people selected by the virtual universe system from nine hundred geniuses quickly fought against the top one hundred geniuses in the Trial Tower, and then one hundred geniuses qualified to join the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm were selected.

Subsequently, the virtual universe system selected twenty people from these one hundred geniuses. These twenty people then competed against each other again, and ten geniuses were selected to join the Primordial Secret Realm. The next ten geniuses competed against each other, and the top five in the overall ranking were quickly selected.
The top five in the overall rankings faced off against each other. After each person fought four consecutive matches, Clement 'Shadowless' from the Blackfire Universe Kingdom won four consecutive matches, defeating any genius who wanted to defeat him to prove themselves without any suspense. He ultimately won the overall ranking of the entire universe and obtained the only opportunity to join the Primal Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company.

"This Clement is really something!"

"Yes! The others are quite strong, but they are still completely overwhelmed when facing him!"

"His performance in the initial elimination rounds held in the Blackfire Universe Kingdom wasn't particularly impressive. Could it be that he deliberately held back his strength?"

"That shouldn't be the case! I heard from a friend in the Blackfire Universe that Clement has been cultivating for a very short time, and he must have caught up recently to have this strength!"

"His cultivation speed is truly terrifying!"

"Who can argue with that? Apart from those old guys who have deliberately stayed at the stellar level for thousands of years, who among the others who can participate in this final battle of the pinnacle geniuses isn't a super genius? Yet Clement's cultivation speed is able to catch up with, and even surpass, these geniuses who are also making progress. It's truly unbelievable!"

"The Divine Weapon of Rift perfectly combines Clement's understanding of the fundamental laws of wind and time. Even if he barely manages to unleash the second move, he would already be able to defeat others, let alone the fact that he has already mastered the second move of the Divine Weapon of Rift so skillfully!"

"Yes! To be able to use the second form of the Divine Weapon so skillfully at the Stellar level, and it's said that he's only been cultivating for a little over twenty years, such astonishing comprehension is truly unbelievable!"

After Clement defeated many other geniuses and achieved the number one ranking, countless geniuses around him, and even the immortal leaders of various cosmic nations, began to discuss it.

Lu Qingshan, who was in charge of the Genius Battle, was also quite satisfied with Clement's talent and comprehension.

While his talent and comprehension are slightly inferior to those of Bolan in the original work, he can still be considered a genius among thousands of geniuses.

As long as Clement chooses the right path of cultivation, reaching the King-level realm will be no problem at all.

As for the realm of the Cosmic Venerable, that depends on the individual's future fortune and opportunities!

However, Lu Qingshan was not quite the same as the other cosmic venerables. So even though Clement's talent and comprehension were quite good, he would still examine him before considering taking him as a disciple.

Of course, these geniuses haven't entered the initial universe to cultivate yet, so it's not the time to talk about these things.

"First!"

"Second to tenth."

"The eleventh to the hundredth."

"One hundred and one to one thousand."

Lu Qingshan looked at the group of geniuses present and quickly smiled and said, "The geniuses of these four secret realms have all been selected. I hereby declare that this year's selection of the universe's top human geniuses has come to a perfect end today."

"Your performance in this year's Genius Battle was quite good. I hope that hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years from now, some of you will be renowned throughout the universe and become super strong individuals among our human race!"

"My Virtual Universe Company will send someone to contact you shortly and then take you to my Virtual Universe Company's global headquarters! After you assemble there, you can head to the 'Initial Universe'."

"From this day forward, your path will no longer be ordinary! Whether you perish along the way or become true powerhouses depends on your own efforts!"

"Work hard, kids! Your path to becoming strong has only just begun!"

After Lu Qingshan finished speaking, he disappeared from the central square, but his words continued to echo in the minds of every genius.

After the battle of geniuses ended, Lu Qingshan considered that Clement's talent was quite good, so he sent an email to Black Peak King in the transportation department, instructing him to make proper arrangements for escort personnel.

Of course, the transportation department already had clear regulations for these matters, so Lu Qingshan was just doing it on a whim.

……

And so time continued to pass, and soon another three years had gone by.

During these three years, the transportation department of Virtual Universe Company dispatched its staff to bring all the top 1,000 geniuses from this year's Peak Genius Battle to the Virtual Universe Company's global headquarters on the continent.

On this day, Lu Qingshan was cultivating in his residence on the headquarters continent when his disciple Hoggs suddenly arrived at his residence.

"teacher!"

Hoggs, clad in a blue battle armor, quickly spoke up: "The top 1,000 geniuses of this year's Genius Battle have all arrived at the company headquarters on the continent and are currently waiting in the waiting hall!"

Now, Hoggs has left the transportation department and is working entirely under Lu Qingshan's command.

However, he is currently only a low-level Marquis, and compared with the other powerful Kings at the limit and peak levels who serve under the other Universe Venerables, he is naturally much weaker.

However, Lu Qingshan didn't care too much, since what he lacked most were people to do the work, but he didn't lack strong people.

After all, before he broke through to become a Universe Venerable, he already had five King-level Limit Soul Servants under his command, including Golden King and Wind Howling King, who had created peak secret techniques.

After Lu Qingshan's status among the human race was elevated once again, King Jin Can, King Feng Hou, and the others, although they were powerful beings from other races, were also able to cultivate some of the precious secret techniques of the human race.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that no divine general inheritances had been opened recently, Lu Qingshan would have applied for suitable divine general inheritances for his soul servants to enhance their physical and spiritual amplitudes!

With these soul servants at his service, Lu Qingshan has no shortage of combat power at the King-level.
What he truly lacks are those who get things done, such as those who are granted titles and honors, and ...
After all, as a cosmic venerable one of the human race, it would be somewhat inappropriate for his subordinates to all be of different races.

"Ok!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then said, "Time really flies. I wonder how these little guys will perform once they get to Chaos City!"

"teacher!"

Hoggs quickly asked, "Are you considering taking Clement as your disciple?"

"That depends on what cultivation path he chooses after entering Chaos City!"

Lu Qingshan quickly laughed and said, "What, are you afraid that if I take him as my disciple, he will steal your job?"

"That's not it!"

Hoggs quickly replied, "This disciple would love for Master to have several disciples who have been granted the title of King to serve him!"

"I am currently only a junior Marquis. When I help you with your affairs, those Kings and Immortals may not seem to have any objections on the surface, but they look down on me in their hearts!"

"I had previously considered asking Junior Brother Streich to serve under you, Master, but you said that Junior Brother Streich's cultivation is the most important thing, so I gave up that idea!"

"If you, Master, accept Clement as your disciple, he can serve under you in place of me once he breaks through to the King Realm!"

"Since you know you're weak, then keep training hard!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "Once you also reach the Immortal King level, those people will naturally stop looking down on you!"

"Teacher, you think too highly of your disciple!"

Hoggs said helplessly, "With your help, Master, it shouldn't be too difficult for me to cultivate to the peak of the Marquis level, but it will be too difficult to step into the King level!"

"Nothing is impossible to a willing mind!"

Lu Qingshan smiled and said, then continued, "Alright, let's go with your master to send those little ones to Chaos City!"

Soon, Lu Qingshan brought Hoggs to the airspace above the gathering place of those super geniuses, and then invited those geniuses to board the spaceship.

This time, the spaceship was naturally not the 'Blood Red No. 3' that Lu Qingshan had just received when he joined the transportation department, but the Lightning Escape Airship, a flying palace-type treasure that he had previously exchanged in the human race's treasure vault.

As the vehicle of a cosmic venerable being, this is already quite impressive.

After all, even ordinary high-level cosmic venerables may not necessarily possess treasures such as flying palaces.

(End of this chapter)