Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 267 Distress
The passage of time is beyond the control of any powerful being. Even those who can reverse time and resurrect the fallen cannot truly stop time.

In the following years, no particularly outstanding geniuses emerged in the Cosmic Human Peak Genius Battle, so Lu Qingshan naturally didn't need to spend too much time paying attention to them.

After devoting some of his energy to presiding over the Genius Battle, Lu Qingshan focused more on creating secret techniques, comprehending laws, and exploring secret realms.

The process of creating secret techniques and comprehending laws is relatively ordinary; it is simply a matter of following the steps.

Without enough points to activate the enlightenment enhancement function in the chat group, Lu Qingshan's cultivation speed naturally couldn't be much faster.

As for exploring secret realms, one needs to be more careful.

Although Lu Qingshan had been exploring the secret realms of the universe with other powerful members of the human race for over 100,000 epochs, he had gained a lot of experience.

However, the dangers contained in each secret realm are different, so those so-called experiences can only be of some reference value.

And so, Lu Qingshan, Venerable Tianfeng, and Venerable Tiequan explored the ancient mysterious realm for over three hundred years before finally encountering a rather peculiar situation.

"A natural wormhole has been discovered!"

The detectors, sensing the anomaly, quickly alerted Lu Qingshan and the other two.

"Natural wormhole?"

Lu Qingshan and his two companions, who were flying in three streaks of light, quickly slowed down and then flew over to the coordinates given by the detector.

After flying more than three million kilometers, Lu Qingshan and his two companions soon arrived at a mountain range that was hundreds of thousands of kilometers high.

Halfway up this mountain range, there is a natural wormhole, and the space around the wormhole is completely distorted.

"It's a spatial wormhole?"

Lu Qingshan and the other two all looked at the spatial wormhole ahead.

Wormholes are quite common in the universe. Each wormhole connects two regions, and you can reach the other side of the distance by stepping into the wormhole.

However, there is no record of this wormhole in the information found by the human race, and it is located in a dangerous and mysterious place in the universe. No one knows what is on the other side of the wormhole.

For a moment, Lu Qingshan and the other two stopped in front of the wormhole.

After a moment of silence, someone finally spoke.

"I wonder where this wormhole leads?"

The first to speak was Venerable Tianfeng: "Shall we go in and explore?"

"Isn't our exploration of the universe all for the sake of serendipitous encounters?"

The Iron Fist Venerable quickly said, "This spatial wormhole has never been recorded in the records of our human race. There might be some precious opportunities on the other side of the wormhole!"

"Even if there is some danger, we should be able to retreat safely by hiding in a top-tier palace-type treasure! So what is there to hesitate about?"

"The Iron Fist Master is right!"

Lu Qingshan echoed, "Exploring the secret realms of the universe is all about seizing opportunities. Although I don't know where this spatial wormhole leads, I'm definitely going to give it a try!"

"Well!"

After listening to Lu Qingshan and Iron Fist Venerable's words, Heavenly Wind Venerable quickly said, "In that case, let's go and see what's going on at the other end of this spatial wormhole!"

After making some plans, Lu Qingshan and his two companions carefully flew into the wormhole.

After passing through the spatial wormhole, Lu Qingshan and his two companions quickly arrived at another space.

This is a huge basin with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers, and in the center of the basin is a huge lake with a diameter of millions of kilometers. In the center of that huge lake, a lotus flower emitting seven-colored light floats.

"That's... the Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity!"

After observing the colorful lotus flowers in the huge lake through the detector, Lu Qingshan and the other two immediately showed a look of surprise.

Seven-Colored Lotus of One Heart: A rare treasure of heaven and earth that can only be born in extremely special places in the universe, and is one of the precious materials for refining soul-type treasures.

Throughout the long history of humankind, only twelve seven-colored lotus flowers have been recorded, demonstrating just how precious they are.

Each Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity contributed to the human race's treasure trove will earn a reward of 1800 Treasure Points.

However, the gestation of the Seven-Colored Lotus usually takes a very long time. If it is taken away before it is fully formed, it will only become a waste product.

The special environment that nurtures the Seven-Colored Lotus must not be disturbed, otherwise the nurturing of the Seven-Colored Lotus will also be interrupted.

"It's actually a seven-colored lotus!"

Upon seeing the lotus flower radiating seven-colored light, Venerable Tianfeng excitedly exclaimed, "Hahaha, it seems the three of us are about to strike it rich!"

Contributing a Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity to the clan's treasury would yield 1800 Treasure Points. Even if Venerable Tianfeng only received 30%, he would still have 540 Treasure Points, which is almost a third of his entire fortune.

"That's right!"

The Iron Fist Venerable, standing to the side, also smiled and said, "Although this Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity has not yet fully matured, according to the records in my human race's data, it shouldn't be long before it does!"

"I estimate that we only need to wait for a maximum of ten thousand years. After that, all we need to do is keep this area a secret!"

"We'd better find out the specific situation here first!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said seriously, "At the very least, we must ensure that no other powerful individuals appear nearby!"

"That's right!"

After listening to Lu Qingshan's suggestion, both Iron Fist Venerable and Heavenly Wind Venerable nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Lu Qingshan and the other two quickly checked the surrounding environment to ensure that no accidents would occur while they waited for the Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity.

However, everything in this space was normal. After searching through the area, Lu Qingshan and his companions found nothing unexpected.

So they waited quietly in this space, waiting for the day when the Seven-Colored Lotus of Love would be fully mature.

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

During this period, Lu Qingshan even took the time to organize a new Universal Humanity Peak Genius Battle, but unfortunately, no outstanding geniuses emerged.

This is quite normal, after all, even among the entire human race, geniuses like Cody from the original work, or even Berlan, are extremely rare.

Otherwise, such a genius wouldn't be described as appearing only once every tens of millions of epochs, or even once every ten thousand epochs!
this day……

Amidst the anticipation of Lu Qingshan, Venerable Tianfeng, and Venerable Tiequan, the lake that nurtured the Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity suddenly began to boil completely.

Immediately afterwards, the seawater, composed of the purest energy, surged towards the seven-colored lotus in the core area. Whoosh!
The endless seawater below was completely absorbed by the seven-colored lotus with a diameter of only a dozen meters in a short half-minute, which also marked the complete success of the seven-colored lotus's formation.

"Hahaha!"

The Iron Fist Venerable, who was constantly using his divine power to protect the Seven-Colored Lotus of Love from any unexpected events, laughed heartily and then prepared to put away the Seven-Colored Lotus of Love, which had now fully matured.

But just then, an unexpected incident occurred!
A surge of even stronger divine power instantly dispersed the divine power emanating from the Iron Fist Venerable. Then, a giant claw instantly grabbed the Seven-Colored Lotus of Love and put it directly into the spatial ring.

"How brave!"

"Who's courting death?"

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Lu Qingshan and the other two were first slightly taken aback, and then they flew into a rage.

Then...

"Hahaha!"

A bold voice suddenly rang out: "It's you three human scum who are courting death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying figure, more than ten kilometers long, covered in golden scales, with a head resembling a wolf's head but with a single horn, and complex runes engraved within the scales on its head, suddenly appeared in front of Lu Qingshan and the others.

"Afraid of the Golden Hou?"

"The Venerable Lock Gold?"

Upon seeing this figure, the expressions of Iron Fist Venerable and Heavenly Wind Venerable changed drastically, and even Lu Qingshan's face showed a solemn expression.

The figure before us is none other than the Lock Gold Venerable, a renowned cosmic overlord from the lineage of the Fear Golden Hou, one of the royal families of the demon race!
"You scum of the human race!"

At this moment, Venerable Suojin had completely sealed off the surrounding space-time, and then said in a cold voice, "Do you think you discovered this Seven-Colored Lotus of Love?"

"If I weren't worried about interrupting the Seven-Colored Lotus of Love's gestation, I probably would have killed you three scum the moment you appeared here!"

It turns out that hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Venerable Lock Gold had already discovered the Seven-Colored Lotus of One Heart, which was still in the process of being conceived.

However, the Seven-Colored Lotus was still in the process of developing, so he couldn't take it away and could only wait there.

Unexpectedly, just as the Seven-Colored Lotus was about to be born, Lu Qingshan and his two companions suddenly arrived here.

"But it's not too late now!"

Venerable Suojin roared, "Now I'll use the lives of you three human universe venerables to celebrate that I've obtained this precious Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Lock Gold Venerable, who was over ten kilometers tall, instantly thrust out a claw towards the direction where Lu Qingshan and the other two were.

Just then, with a wave of his hand, the Iron Fist Venerable instantly created a temple radiating azure light behind Lu Qingshan and his companions, completely enveloping them. This was the top-tier palace-type treasure that the Iron Fist Venerable had borrowed.

"Lord Locked Gold!"

The Iron Fist Venerable, who had taken refuge in a top-tier palace-like treasure, quickly said, "The three of us do not wish to fight you. Now that you have obtained the Seven-Colored Lotus of Unity, why don't we both disperse?"

In Iron Fist Venerable's view, now that the three of them have hidden inside a top-tier palace-like treasure, it would be impossible for Lock Gold Venerable to deal with them even if he wanted to.

In this way, both sides withdrawing would naturally be a good choice.

As for the three of them, they only wasted more than 10,000 years here, which is not a big deal at all.

"It's actually the God-Slaying Palace of the 'God-Slaying Venerable'!"

Upon seeing the azure palace that the Iron Fist Venerable had taken out, the Lock Gold Venerable was not surprised but rather delighted.

"Hahaha!"

The Venerable Lock Gold laughed loudly, "Originally, it wouldn't have mattered if you three little insects had escaped, but I didn't expect you to have borrowed the God-Slaying Palace from the Venerable God-Slaying. This time, I can't let you leave!"

The Godslayer Venerable is one of the universe's overlords among the human race. He once caused the Gold-Locking Venerable Venerable some losses on the Primordial Star. Now that he has the opportunity to take revenge on the Godslayer Venerable Venerable, he is naturally very willing.

"Godslayer Venerable, Godslayer Venerable, I'll see what you'll be like without the Godslayer Temple!"

"Didn't the three of you ever think about why you didn't spot me when you were scouting the surrounding area?"

After saying this, Venerable Suojin laughed loudly, "Now I will show you the most precious treasure I possess!"

After saying this, a completely black pagoda quickly appeared in Venerable Suojin's hand.

This pagoda has seven levels, and its surface is engraved with incredibly complex cryptic patterns.

The pagoda was in the hands of Venerable Suojin, and his divine power seemed to be unable to detect it. If it weren't for the naked eye, Lu Qingshan and the other two would not have been able to perceive it at all.

"You three are very lucky!"

Holding the jet-black pagoda, Venerable Lock Gold quickly smiled and said, "This is the first time you've seen its enemy since I exchanged for this 'Void Tower'!"

"Being suppressed by my Void Tower is a blessing for you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Venerable Lock Gold instantly burned his divine power to activate the Void Tower.

Then, the pitch-black Void Tower flew directly above Lu Qingshan and his companions, and an invisible force of absorption instantly acted on the God-Slaying Temple where they were hiding, beginning to frantically absorb them.

Rumble!
The immense suction power instantly made the Temple of Godslaying teeter on the brink of collapse.

Inside the Temple of Slaughter.

"We're in big trouble this time!"

The Iron Fist Venerable quickly said, "This Lock Gold Venerable already possessed the strength of a cosmic overlord countless years ago, and even once killed a cosmic overlord. I never expected that he would now possess a true palace-type treasure!"

"It seems the three of us will have to split up and run for our lives this time. Hopefully, one of us will escape from him!"

"I never expected to run into a madman like Venerable Lock Gold!"

Venerable Tianfeng quickly said, "I have just asked Venerable Ningshuang for help, but it will definitely take some time for Venerable Ningshuang to arrive. Facing Venerable Suojin, I'm afraid we will have a hard time holding out!"

"I also asked the God-Slaying Venerable for help!"

Iron Fist Venerable quickly said, "But we also have to go out and fight for our lives now, otherwise we will definitely be suppressed by this Lock Gold Venerable!"

"Once we leave this Temple of Godslaying, the three of us will scatter and escape. Let's try to save as many as we can!"

Facing the Lock Gold Venerable who had killed a cosmic overlord, neither the Iron Fist Venerable nor the Heavenly Wind Venerable had any intention of fighting him.

(End of this chapter)