Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 264 The Passage of Time

"The Venerable One of All Realms!"

After the sparring session ended, Hirodo, an elder of the Golden Horn Clan, quickly said to Lu Qingshan, "I didn't expect that you would have such amazing strength in such a short time!"

"I estimate that among the mid-level universe Venerables, there are very few who can rival you!"

After sparring with Lu Qingshan, Herodo was undoubtedly filled with admiration.

When he heard that Lu Qingshan had killed the Black Wolf Venerable from the demon faction, he assumed that Lu Qingshan had relied on the precious treasures he had obtained through his human background.

For example, a supreme weapon can completely elevate the attack of a cosmic lord to a higher level, and against lower-level supreme armor, it can even produce an effect similar to 'armor-piercing', causing incredibly astonishing damage.

However, after sparring with Lu Qingshan, Herodo discovered that the weapon Lu Qingshan used was very ordinary.

Not to mention compared to his Beast God Weapon, even among top-tier treasure weapons, it's quite ordinary!
The fact that Lu Qingshan could unleash power approaching that of a high-level cosmic venerable using such an ordinary weapon is enough to demonstrate the terrifying strength of Lu Qingshan!

After all, if one gains great strength through a supreme treasure, that treasure will be lost once one perishes, and that strength will instantly plummet.
However, if one possesses such strength through their own efforts, even if they perish, their strength will not decrease significantly after being resurrected.

Moreover, Lu Qingshan also possesses the ability to create clones, so even if a clone perishes, the clan's higher-ups don't need to reverse time and space to revive it.

Therefore, even though Lu Qingshan's strength was much weaker than Xirodo's, he dared not underestimate Lu Qingshan in any way.

"Herodo, you flatter me!"

Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "Compared to you, my strength is far inferior! What you just used was the Golden Void Fusion Law, wasn't it? It is indeed extremely profound!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Herodo quickly nodded and said, "That's right!"

"Although I have fully comprehended the fundamental laws of space, my understanding of the fundamental laws of time is very limited! Fortunately, I have some talent in the path of the Beast God, which is the cultivation of the law of metal-space fusion, which is why I have achieved my current strength!"

Hearing Herodo's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but nod slightly.

Next, Lu Qingshan chatted with Herodo and Clements for a while before they took their leave.

After Hirodo and Clements of the Golden Horn Clan left, Lu Qingshan intended to invite his fourteenth senior brother, Venerable Fei Yu, to explore the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm with him, but Venerable Fire God arrived at his residence in Chaos City instead.

Upon seeing this, Lu Qingshan naturally and quickly and warmly invited Venerable Fire God into his mansion's living room.

"Myriad Realms!"

Upon entering the mansion's living room, the Fire God Venerable didn't engage in much small talk, but instead said directly, "I've already appraised the two treasures you gave me in the clan's treasury!"

"Among them, the two black arms are priced at 45 Treasure Points each by the clan's treasury; as for the mineral materials you named 'Star Stones,' the price is higher, and contributing them all to the clan will yield 180 Treasure Points!"

"Based on the price I told you before, if you're willing to sell all of these items to me, I can offer you 285 Treasure Points!"

"no problem!"

After hearing the Fire God Venerable's offer, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in agreement.

He wasn't a weapon refiner, so the Star Destroyer's arm and those star stones were of little use to him.

He originally intended to contribute it directly to the clan's treasury, but now that Venerable Vulcan's offer is slightly higher, selling it to Venerable Vulcan is naturally no problem.

Upon hearing that Lu Qingshan had agreed to his offer, Venerable Vulcan quickly revealed a hint of joy on his face: "Myriad Realms, it's truly a pleasure to do business with you!"

"Don't worry, when you buy treasures from me in the future, I will definitely give you the best price!"

Although Lu Qingshan didn't think he would have the opportunity to buy treasures from the Fire God Venerable in the future, he still quickly nodded and said, "Then I thank you very much, Fire God!"

"Haha, that's exactly what should be done!"

The Fire God Venerable laughed heartily, "Myriad Realms, I've already transferred all the Treasure Points to you. I'm seeing those Star Stones in your hands for the first time, so I can't wait to try them out. I won't linger here any longer!"

"it is good!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, and then quickly escorted the Fire God Venerable out of his residence.

After the Fire God Venerable left, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his residence and began to take stock of his gains.

"Back then, Master Ice Peak bestowed upon me 4 Treasure Points. Later, I spent some of them to purchase treasures that could enhance my life gene level, as well as many other precious treasures such as the Purple Lightning Frost Sword. In addition, the clan later bestowed upon me 100 Treasure Points, leaving me with only 3 Treasure Points and 1419 Treasure Points."

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "The gains in the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm this time were quite significant. In addition to the spoils obtained after killing the Black Wolf Venerable, as well as the proceeds from selling the Star Destroyer Venerable's arm and the Star Stones, my net worth has directly increased to 3 Treasure Points and 1957 Heavy Treasure Points!"

Looking at the valuable points in his hand, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh, "Spending money is like water flowing through his veins, while making money is like climbing a mountain!"

In fact, if we only consider what he gained from his adventure in the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm, it was only 118 Treasure Points, including unexpected and amazing gains such as Void Sand and Purple Cloud Heart Grass.

As for the spoils obtained from the Black Wolf Venerable, all of them together were only worth 135 Treasure Points.

In reality, it would be very difficult for a Cosmic Venerable to achieve such astonishing gains in such a short period of time when exploring the secret realms of the universe under normal circumstances.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh again at the difficulties that the Universe Venerable faced in his journey through the universe. At the same time, he felt even more grateful to the Radiant Venerable for his efforts in helping him become a disciple of the Ice Peak Master.

After all, compared to the 4 Treasure Points bestowed by the Lord of Ice Peak, the other rewards, whether it was the 100 Treasure Points granted to the clan for breaking through to become a Universe Venerable, the gains from the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm, the spoils from killing the Black Wolf Venerable, or the gains from selling the arm and star stones of the Star Destroyer Venerable, were all insignificant.

Moreover, if it weren't for the blessing from the Lord of Ice Peak, Lu Qingshan wouldn't have been able to spend over a thousand treasure points to raise his life gene level to fifty times that of ordinary life in the universe, and to purchase numerous powerful treasures for protection.

After he encounters the Black Wolf Venerable in the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm, there is a high probability that he will not be able to kill him.

"Let's take it slow!"

After a series of thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan quickly thought to himself, "Even the many resources that Master Ice Peak possesses must have been accumulated by him over a long period of time!"

"I've only been cultivating for a short time, so there's no need to rush. I just need to accumulate wealth slowly by exploring the secret realms of the universe while I'm cultivating!"

"With the existence of countless divine sea avatars, I already have a significant advantage over other universe venerables!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly headed to the residence of his fourteenth senior brother, Venerable Fei Yu, located halfway up Thunder Island.

"The Venerable One of All Realms!"

At the entrance of Venerable Fei Yu's palace, two immortal-level guards quickly bowed respectfully upon seeing Lu Qingshan appear.

at the same time……

"Haha, Junior Brother Wanjie, it's rare for you to come to your senior brother's place!"

With a hearty laugh, Venerable Fei Yu, dressed in a simple, dark black armor, quickly came out to greet him with a smile.

"It's been a long time since I've visited you, Senior Brother, so I came to check on you!" Lu Qingshan said quickly with a smile.

Subsequently, at the invitation of Venerable Fei Yu, Lu Qingshan quickly followed him to the living room of the mansion.

Venerable Fei Yu smiled and poured Lu Qingshan a full cup of fine wine, then asked with a smile, "Junior Brother, your killing of that Black Wolf Venerable of the demon race this time has truly surprised your senior brother!"

"I never imagined that you would possess such astonishing strength so soon after breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm! I'm afraid it won't be long before your strength surpasses mine, Junior Brother!"

"Senior Brother Feiyu, you are too modest!"

Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "Your illustrious reputation, Venerable Fei Yu, is known to every powerful being among the billions of races in the universe."

"Actually, the reason I came to see you, Senior Brother Feiyu, is because Senior Brother Yaoguang told me that you were planning to explore the secret realm of the universe. So I came to invite you to join me in exploring the secret realm of the universe!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's invitation, Venerable Fei Yu immediately became interested: "Senior Brother Yaoguang is right. Last time the Primordial Star opened, my Ninth Senior Brother and I went to explore it. Not only did we not gain any benefits, but we also lost a lot of divine power!" "At that time, the Primordial Star had just opened, and my Ninth Senior Brother and I originally wanted to rent a Primordial Treasure to quickly restore our divine power before going to explore the Primordial Star again. But we didn't expect that all the Primordial Treasures had been rented out, and even the treasures in our clan that restored divine power had been almost all exchanged. Only those extremely expensive ones were left!"

"So my Ninth Senior Brother and I could only choose to slowly recover our divine power. By the time my divine body recovered, the Primal Star had already shut down!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The Primordial Star is a grand event in the entire Primordial Universe, and for powerful individuals with sufficient strength (at least those who have reached the level of a High-Level Universe Venerable), it is undoubtedly a great opportunity.

However, most powerful beings in the universe, when venturing into that primordial star, do not fight continuously like Luo Feng in the original work, showing no fear of burning their divine power.

Even the most precious primordial treasures, which are rarely sought after in ordinary times, will be operating at full capacity during the opening of the primordial star, and many powerful individuals will have to wait in line to rent them.

At this moment, Venerable Fei Yu continued, "Now that I have rested for a while and borrowed a top-tier palace-type treasure from my second senior brother, I do intend to venture into the secret realms of the universe!"

"Junior Brother Wanjie, you've invited me to explore the secret realms of the universe together. Logically, I shouldn't refuse. However, I'd like to ask you first which secret realm you plan to explore. If it's just an ordinary secret realm, I won't go!"

Upon hearing Venerable Fei Yu's words, Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "Senior Brother, the place I'm inviting you to this time is the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm where I previously killed that Black Wolf Venerable!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's reply, a hint of disappointment appeared on Venerable Feiyu's face.

The Azure Phoenix Secret Realm was still too low-level for him, especially since he had borrowed a top-level palace-type treasure. He was perfectly capable of venturing into higher-level cosmic secret realms.

Before he could refuse, Lu Qingshan continued, "Senior Brother Feiyu, it's like this!"

"The reason I fought with the powerful demons in the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm was because I discovered three Void Sands within mountain range number 0745 of the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm!"

“Void Sand is rarely formed on its own, so I think there might still be Void Sand in that mountain range numbered 0745. That’s why I wanted to invite you, Senior Brother Fei Yu, to go there and explore for a while!”

"Void Sand?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's explanation, Venerable Feiyu's face quickly showed a hint of joy.

Although he was the disciple of the Ice Peak Lord, the supreme treasure bestowed upon him by the Ice Peak Lord when he broke through to the Universe Venerable realm had been lost with his own demise.

Although his current net worth is much greater than that of Mad Blade Venerable and others, it only adds up to a little over two thousand treasure points, making it extremely difficult to exchange for even a common supreme treasure.

Therefore, even a single grain of void sand would be a considerable fortune for him.

Now that he has this opportunity, he is naturally unwilling to give it up.

Thinking of this, Venerable Fei Yu quickly said, "Junior Brother Wan Jie, I never expected you to encounter such an opportunity!"

"Since there is Void Sand in the Azure Roc Secret Realm, it's fine for me to go and explore with you. But have you invited anyone else?"

"That's not true!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "I previously explored the Azure Roc Secret Realm with Kuangdao and Tieying, but they both lost a lot of their divine power in the previous battle, so it's impossible for them to explore it again in the short term! If you think it's necessary to invite other people, that's fine too!"

"That's not necessary!"

Venerable Fei Yu quickly replied, "Although my strength isn't particularly great, I just borrowed a top-tier palace-type treasure from my second senior brother. Even if we encounter a cosmic overlord, we'll have a chance to escape unscathed. There's no need to invite anyone else!"

"In my opinion, how about it if the two of us, fellow disciples, go together to explore the Azure Roc Secret Realm this time?"

“No problem!” Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

Venerable Fei Yu is quite powerful, and with that top-tier palace-type treasure, the chances of them encountering danger are still very small.

Afterwards, Lu Qingshan and Venerable Feiyu discussed the distribution of the spoils and finally decided that each of them would receive fifty percent.

Although the information about the appearance of Void Sand in the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm was provided by Lu Qingshan, Venerable Fei Yu's strength surpasses his, and he also has a top-tier palace-type treasure protecting him, so this distribution ratio is still quite reasonable.

After reaching an agreement, Lu Qingshan and his companion prepared for just over half a month before heading back to the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm to continue their exploration within mountain range number 0745.

However, this exploration was not as lucky as when Lu Qingshan, Mad Saber Venerable, and Iron Eagle Venerable were adventuring together.

Lu Qingshan and Venerable Fei Yu spent three million years venturing through mountain range number 0745 without encountering a single grain of void sand.

Fortunately, they also gained some other things in the process, acquiring treasures worth about twenty treasure points, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.

It wasn't until more than 3.6 million years after Lu Qingshan and Venerable Fei Yu had been exploring the entire mountain range numbered 0745, and had almost completely explored it, that they encountered their first piece of Void Sand.

Although there was only one Void Sand, it still made Venerable Fei Yu very happy.

After all, even if he were to venture into more advanced cosmic realms, he might not be able to achieve such astonishing results in such a short time.

Moreover, they encountered no surprises when they came across the Void Sand this time, and easily took it into their possession.

However, after Lu Qingshan and Venerable Fei Yu explored the entire mountain range numbered 0745, they still couldn't find any trace of the second Void Sand.

After that, Lu Qingshan originally planned to explore other areas of the Azure Phoenix Secret Realm for a while, but in the end, he went to explore another higher-level cosmic secret realm at the invitation of Venerable Fei Yu.

Of course, because that cosmic secret realm was of a higher level and also very dangerous, Venerable Fei Yu invited another high-level cosmic Venerable, the ninth disciple of the Chaos City Lord, 'Venerable Golden Axe'.

Although Venerable Fei Yu and Venerable Golden Axe were stronger than Lu Qingshan, they still decided to divide the spoils into three equal parts when discussing their distribution, which was considered to be quite considerate of Lu Qingshan.

Of course, Lu Qingshan has the ability to create clones, and when encountering particularly dangerous places, he often takes the initiative to explore, so there is no question of him gaining an advantage.

And so, Lu Qingshan and the other two spent more than two million years exploring that higher-level cosmic secret realm, reaping nearly thirty treasure points in spoils—a fairly ordinary harvest.

It wasn't until the three of them had been exploring that secret realm of the universe for over two million four hundred thousand years that they finally encountered an extremely precious treasure, which could be exchanged for as much as eight hundred and fifty treasure points in the human race's treasury.

Unfortunately, they were a step too slow, and the treasure was snatched away by two Cosmic Venerables from the Mechanical Race faction.

Faced with such an incredibly valuable treasure, Lu Qingshan and his companions were naturally unwilling to give it up. So they quickly burned their divine power and fought desperately against the two powerful members of the mechanical race.

Both of the powerful figures from the Mechanical Race were high-level Universe Venerables. One of them was of rather ordinary strength, but the other was a Mechanical Race Universe Venerable who wielded extremely powerful mechanical weapons.

After a fierce battle, both sides lost a significant amount of their divine power.

Although the strong members of the Mechanical Race were at a disadvantage, they were able to wait for the arrival of other strong members of the Mechanical Race. In the end, Lu Qingshan and his two companions could only retreat on the top-level palace-like treasure in the hands of Venerable Fei Yu.

In this battle, Lu Qingshan and the other two lost a lot of divine power, but did not gain any benefit.

However, this situation is quite common in the universe, so Lu Qingshan and the other two only felt a little regretful, but were not too depressed about it.

However, after such a battle, Venerable Fei Yu and Venerable Jin Fu suffered severe losses of divine power and were naturally unable to continue exploring the cosmic secret realm for a short period of time.

After Venerable Fei Yu and Venerable Jin Fu returned to the human race to recover their divine power, Lu Qingshan, who could quickly replenish his divine power with his endless divine sea clone, soon began exploring new cosmic secret realms with several other familiar cosmic venerables.

And so, time continued to pass.

Meanwhile, relying on the advantages of his endless divine sea clones, Lu Qingshan continuously joined new teams of powerful individuals to explore and adventure in various cosmic secret realms.

Of course, while adventuring in various cosmic secret realms, his main body and his endless divine sea avatars were also constantly striving to cultivate.

If you accumulate enough points in the chat group, you can activate the Enlightenment Blessing function to cultivate. If you don't have enough points, you can cultivate on your own.

　I have some things to do today, and there's also the issue of time running out, so I'm experiencing writer's block and will only be able to post one update today.

　　I've recently seen many readers jokingly refer to Lu Qingshan as the "Banquet Venerable," which I find quite amusing.

　　However, after careful consideration, you can imagine that, apart from Luo Feng and other abnormal protagonists in fanfiction, who else could raise their strength to be comparable to the Lord of the Universe in tens of thousands, or at most hundreds of thousands of years?
　　These powerful individuals have cultivated for countless years, but how much time do they actually have for actual combat?
　　Aside from training and fighting, isn't it all about banquets and socializing?
　　Even for us humans whose lifespan is less than a hundred years, we can't do without all kinds of banquets and feasts, let alone those cosmic beings with eternal lifespans.

　　However, I've been writing less and less of these banquet scenes lately, especially the killing of Black Wolf Venerable, which was only briefly mentioned; most of the plot is still serving as a prelude to later events.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)