Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 291 Outer Members' Enemies
"I am the Fire Beast God of the Eight Directions!"

Amidst the discussions among the many inheritors on Purple Thorn Island, the incomparably majestic voice of the Fire Beast God instantly resounded throughout this space and time: "Inheritor Lu Qingshan!"

As soon as the sound was uttered, an invisible force bound Lu Qingshan in mid-air, causing him to fly continuously towards the direction of the Fire Beast God.

"Is this the control the Lord of the Universe has over a particular spacetime?"

Lu Qingshan carefully sensed the invisible force binding him. This was even more miraculous than the control of time or space by a Universe Venerable. It was a power that only beings at the level of a Universe Lord could wield.

The Fire Beast God clearly cultivates the Path of the Beast God, but like the cosmic venerables who have comprehended the fundamental laws of time and space, he possesses the ability to control a region of time and space.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan slowly flew to the front of the Fire Beast God, just like a star, attracting the attention of countless powerful figures on Zijing Island.

The Fire Beast God also looked down, his gaze towards Lu Qingshan containing a hint of goodwill and friendliness.

At the same time, the strange power that had been binding Lu Qingshan also completely disappeared.

“Lu Qingshan, the Venerable One of All Realms!” the Fire Beast God exclaimed.

Lu Qingshan stood in mid-air, then respectfully bowed and greeted, "Greetings, Beast God!"

"Now that you have fully comprehended the fifth level of the Beast God's Path, you are qualified to become an outer member of my Ancestral God Sect!"

The Fire Beast God quickly spoke, saying, "From today onwards, you are..."

But at this moment...

Before the myth of the Fire Beast was finished, another aura filled with destruction descended.

This aura is quite similar to the aura emanating from the Fire Beast God, except that it contains endless lightning.

"Hahaha!" A thunderous voice rang out, echoing in the ears of Lu Qingshan and the Fire Beast God, but the other inheritors on Zijing Island did not hear it.

"The Fire Beast God is such a genius, he should be allowed to choose which side to join! It's not fair of you to assign him to a faction like this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure radiating a terrifying aura of lightning appeared in front of everyone.

The creature was covered in blue fur, each hair resembling a whip from Thor, while its three hooves pounded and suppressed the endless space, and endless lightning surged from its slightly open wings.

The most dazzling feature on the massive head of this towering figure is its pair of enormous eyes, which resemble two oceans containing endless thunder. It is none other than the Thunder Beast God among the Eight Beast Gods.

"Thunder Beast God!"

Upon seeing the Thunder Beast God appear, the Fire Beast God exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you here?"

It should be noted that after inheriting the position of Beast God, the Eight Beast Gods could no longer increase their strength. Therefore, they usually either slept or wandered in various cosmic secret realms.

Aside from when they are assigned tasks, they don't usually care about the specific affairs of the Ancestral God Sect.

Therefore, the Fire Beast God was naturally very surprised by the sudden appearance of the Thunder Beast God.

"Hahaha!"

After hearing the words of the Fire Beast God, the Thunder Beast God quickly laughed and said, "If I hadn't appeared in time, wouldn't this little guy have been assigned to Feng Tian's command?"

The Ancestral God Cult is divided into formal members and peripheral members!
The official members are basically all powerful individuals who have inherited the title of Venerable One, including the three Ancestral Gods, the Eight Directions Beast Gods, the Seventy-two Divine Generals, and the Three Thousand Divine Envoys.

Although these powerful individuals are all among the best in their respective ranks, their numbers are extremely small.

While the peripheral members varied in quality, some of the most powerful among them were comparable to, or even surpassed, the Eight Directions Beast Gods.

Furthermore, the Ancestral God Sect has accumulated a large number of peripheral members over a long period of time, far exceeding the number of formal members.

Such as numerous candidate divine messengers, candidate divine generals, and beast god inheritors who have reached extremely high levels of beast god inheritance, etc...

Therefore, in many situations where battles need to occur, the Ancestral God Sect generally relies most on its peripheral members.

Among the many peripheral members of the Ancestral God Sect, they are divided into Protector Gods, Protector Venerables, Protector Venerables, and Protector Messengers.

Protectors of the Faith are generally those who have received the complete divine messenger inheritance but have not inherited the position of honor. In addition, there are some beast god inheritors who were recruited into the outer members by the Ancestral God Sect. For example, Luo Feng in the original work was recruited into the Nine Netherworld Lord as a protector of the faith during the realm master stage.
Most of the guardians of the faith are peripheral members with the strength of cosmic venerables or cosmic overlords, such as those candidates for divine generals and some powerful inheritors of beast gods, etc.
The Guardian Lords are those who have comprehended the complete Path of the Beast God and then broken through to the level of the Lord of the Universe. Such powerful individuals are not many even within the Ancestral God Sect.

As for the highest-ranking guardian deities, these refer to the most powerful cosmic lords. Each of them is considered the strongest being below the strongest in the universe, and none of them are inferior to the Chaos City Lord of the human race, the Lord of Annihilation of the demon race, and so on...

Such guardian deities are even rarer than the eight beast gods.

Although the Eight Directions Beast Gods are official members of the Ancestral God Sect, they also have guardian deities with whom they have a good relationship.

The daily affairs of the Ancestral God Sect are now overseen by the Fire Beast God, who naturally intends to recruit Lu Qingshan as an outer member and then assign him to the command of the Fengtian God Lord, with whom he is on good terms.

But now the Thunder Beast God has suddenly appeared. The Thunder Beast God has always been on good terms with the Nine Nether God Lord, and this time it is obvious that he wants to assign Lu Qingshan to the Nine Nether God Lord's command.

"Thunder Beast God!"

The Fire Beast God quickly frowned and said, "I am now in charge of the daily affairs of the Ancestral God Sect. This little guy has comprehended the fifth level of the Beast God's Way during this time, so it is natural that I will make arrangements for him!"

After hearing the words of the Fire Beast God, the Thunder Beast God had no intention of backing down.

If it were an ordinary inheritor, then giving it to the Fire Beast God wouldn't be a big deal;

However, ever since Lu Qingshan obtained the treasure that the Thunder Beast God had placed in the treasure trove, the Thunder Beast God had been ordering people to keep an eye on Lu Qingshan.

That's why he knew very well that Lu Qingshan had only received six inheritances to comprehend the fifth level of the Beast God's Way.

To be honest, it took Lu Qingshan quite a while to comprehend the fifth level of the Beast God's Way;
Eighty million epochs is only considered upper-middle level among the many inheritors of the Beast God Path who have comprehended the fifth level of the Ancestral God Sect, but it is not the fastest!

However, Lu Qingshan went to the inheritance site to receive the inheritance the fewest times!
Aside from Lu Qingshan, other inheritors of the Beast God in the history of the Ancestral God Sect, including those who had fully comprehended the complete Path of the Beast God and become Universe Venerables, had all received at least ten inheritances before fully comprehending the fifth level of the Path of the Beast God.

This shows that Lu Qingshan has a high talent in the Path of the Beast God, and the Thunder Beast God is naturally unwilling to give up on him.

Thinking of this, the Thunder Beast God quickly spoke.

"Fire Beast God!"

The Thunder Beast God smiled and said, "I know you've been in charge of the sect's affairs lately, but I've been keeping an eye on this little guy for a long time!"

"I believe you already know about this little guy. He had only been in my Ancestral God Sect for a short time when he opened the treasure I left in the treasure trove!"

At this point, the Thunder Beast God quickly looked at Lu Qingshan, then smiled and said, "Little guy, I am the Thunder Beast God. I believe you saw my message when you obtained the treasure on the twenty-first mountain peak, right?"

"Now that you have become an outer member of my Ancestral God Sect, you should, in principle, join the ranks of a Guardian God!"

"The Fire Beast God is on good terms with the Fengtian God Lord, so he wants you to join the Fengtian God Lord's ranks; while I am on good terms with the Nine Nether God Lord, so I want to invite you to join the Nine Nether God Lord's ranks!"

"The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds?"

After hearing the Thunder Beast God's introduction, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

In fact, Lu Qingshan had already decided to accept the Thunder Beast God's offer the moment the Thunder Beast God appeared.

After all, the fact that he was able to obtain the treasure left behind by the Thunder Beast God in that treasure-hunting place was a great favor in itself.

Even now, after accumulating wealth over tens of millions of epochs, his accumulated riches still cannot compare to the Nine Dragons Overlord Armor left by the Thunder Beast God in the treasure trove!
Now that the Thunder Beast God has mentioned the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, he feels this way even more strongly.

After all, the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds' innate secret technique is related to the path of divine power. Although he cannot currently cultivate a Nether Sea clone like Luo Feng in the original story, if he can establish a good relationship with the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, he might be able to obtain some information about the Lord's innate secret technique in the future. At that time, combined with the Endless Divine Sea clone, he might be able to embark on the path of divine power.

Meanwhile, seeing that Lu Qingshan hadn't replied, the Thunder Beast God assumed Lu Qingshan was wary of the Fire Beast God's identity, so he quickly said, "Little guy, you don't need to worry. No matter whose side you choose to join today, there won't be any trouble for you in the future!"

The Fire Beast God beside him immediately added, "That's right! Little one, you don't need to worry. Just make your own choice."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly turned around and bowed slightly to the Fire Beast God, then said apologetically, "Thank you for your kindness, Beast God, but I was fortunate enough to obtain the treasure left by the Thunder Beast God in the treasure trove, so I still intend to join the Nine Nether God Lord's ranks!"

The Fire Beast God was initially delighted to see Lu Qingshan bowing to him, but to his surprise, Lu Qingshan directly refused him.

However, he didn't care too much and left after giving a cold snort.

After the Fire Beast God left, the Thunder Beast God looked at Lu Qingshan with a smile.

"Little one, you don't need to worry too much!"

The Thunder Beast God smiled and said, "The outer organizations of my Ancestral God Sect have always been very free. There are no constraints at all. Only when my Ancestral God Sect encounters some issues that need to be resolved will orders be given to the outer members!"

"If you are unwilling to accept the order, you can state the reason directly. My Ancestral God Cult will not force you, nor will it make you an enemy of the human race!"

"So, are you now willing to become an outer member of my Ancestral God Cult?"

"Greetings, Beast God!"

Lu Qingshan quickly bowed respectfully and said, "I am willing to become an outer member of the Ancestral God Sect!"

"it is good!"

Upon seeing that Lu Qingshan had agreed, the Thunder Beast God quickly waved his hand and sent a stream of light in front of Lu Qingshan.

This was a black token. Lu Qingshan reached out and took it. It was icy cold to the touch. There were only two characters on it, which were composed of countless secret patterns. Although Lu Qingshan did not recognize them, he could understand their meaning: 'Ancestral God'!
"This is the 'Ancestral God's Decree'!"

The Thunder Beast God quickly said, "After you imprint your life mark on it, only you can use this Ancestral God Token!"

"Through this Ancestral God Token, we can contact many powerful figures within our Ancestral God Sect! And all orders issued by our Ancestral God Sect are also issued through this Ancestral God Token. As long as it is within the primordial universe, we can make contact through this Ancestral God Token!"

"This Ancestral God Token is very special; do not lose it!"

“Yes, Beast God!” Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in response.

"All right!"

The Thunder Beast God continued, "I have already informed the Nine Nether God Lord of your information. From today onwards, you are the Protector of his lineage! If any other powerful figures seek you out, they will certainly contact you through this Ancestral God Token!"

"Yes!" Lu Qingshan replied respectfully once again.

"After becoming an outer member of my Ancestral God Cult, your authority within my Ancestral God Cult has been raised once again!"

The Thunder Beast God said again, "You can leave Purple Thorn Island later and go to the depths of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake to build your own island. As for the size of the island, your Ancestral God Token already contains relevant information. Go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Thunder Beast God vanished.

……

"I never expected that the Venerable One of Myriad Realms would actually attract the appearance of two Beast Gods!"

"That's amazing! Even if you fully comprehend the fifth level of the Path of the Beast God, you wouldn't receive this kind of treatment!"

"The two great beast gods have personally descended! That Venerable of Myriad Realms is incredibly lucky to receive such treatment!"

The inheritors around looked at Lu Qingshan in mid-air and couldn't help but whisper to each other, all of them filled with envy and jealousy!
Lu Qingshan naturally couldn't hear the whispers of the inheritors below, but even if he had, he wouldn't have cared too much.

"Congratulations, Venerable One of Myriad Realms!"

"Venerable One of Myriad Realms, congratulations on becoming an outer member of the Ancestral God Sect!"

Many cosmic venerables from the Hongmeng Alliance came up to offer their congratulations.

After greeting everyone with a smile, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his residence.

"I never expected to become an outer member of the Ancestral God Cult so quickly!"

Sitting in the living room of his mansion, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but think to himself, "Fortunately, fighting is not prohibited among the peripheral members of the Ancestral God Sect, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to become a peripheral member of the Ancestral God Sect now!"

While it is strictly forbidden for official members of the Ancestral God Sect to kill each other, there is no such requirement among peripheral members.

Just like Luo Feng in the original work, he had already become a protector of the sect under the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds when he was at the level of the Realm Lord. However, after killing the King of the Barking Mirror, he still fought with the candidate god general 'Venerable Pei Feng'.

The reason Lu Qingshan had such thoughts was naturally because of an enemy he had encountered in the secret realm of the Ancestral God Sect.

"The Green-Robed Venerable!" The name of an enemy quickly flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind.

During his time as an immortal god, Lu Qingshan was killed by many powerful figures on the battlefield outside the realm. However, after his strength increased, he managed to kill those enemies one after another.

After reaching the realm of the Universe Venerable, Lu Qingshan only perished twice.

One of these incidents occurred when he perished at the hands of the Demon Clan's Lock Gold Venerable in that ancient and mysterious realm. The second incident happened more than 30 million epochs ago when he was killed by the Green-Clad Venerable while adventuring in the Ancestral Mystic Realm.

The Green-Clad Venerable is a candidate for the title of God General Mantuo, and is also an outer member of the Ancestral God Sect, possessing the strength of a cosmic overlord.

With Lu Qingshan's strength at the time, along with another teammate who ventured into the Ancestral Mystic Realm with him, they could easily escape even if they encountered a typical cosmic overlord.

For example, they had previously encountered a special being called 'Venerable Lanzhu', but they still managed to escape from its grasp.

However, after they encountered the green-clad divine general, he directly absorbed them into his own divine kingdom.

Logically speaking, although the strong can use the power of their own divine kingdom to suppress and bind enemies while also empowering themselves, the difference is usually only a few times. If they are not careful, their divine kingdom will be destroyed by the enemy.
However, within the divine kingdom of that green-robed general grew a gigantic divine tree, making his divine kingdom incredibly stable.

After Lu Qingshan and his companions were captured by the opponent's divine kingdom, the oppression and restraint they suffered even exceeded that of ordinary domain-type treasures. The green-clad divine general even killed Lu Qingshan and his companions with this move.

"If I remember correctly, this green-clad general should be the same general Naman Tuo mentioned in the original story!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "This person is on good terms with the strongest world tree. The divine tree in his divine kingdom must be the life tree transformed from the branches of the strongest world tree!"

"As for why he hasn't become the Mantuo Divine General yet, it's simply because the current Mantuo Divine General hasn't fallen yet!"

"But now that you've met me, you'll probably never become the new God of Mantuo!"

"However, it's too early to seek revenge against that green-clad general!"

Lu Qingshan secretly planned in his heart: "My most important thing right now is to use the complete fifth level of the Beast God's Path to perfect my fifth combat secret technique as soon as possible!"

In the past eighty million epochs, although Lu Qingshan had focused his main attention on comprehending the Dao of the Beast God, he had never relaxed his research on creating his own secret techniques.

For a period of time at the beginning, he first used the Path of the Beast God as a basis to revise many of the combat secrets he had previously created. Then he began to create the fifth sword technique based on the fifth level of the Path of the Beast God.

Now that he has fully comprehended the fifth level of the Beast God's Way, it is naturally time for him to continue to refine this fifth sword technique.

(End of this chapter)