Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 303 Taking Stock of the Banquet's Proceeds
As news of Lu Qingshan's unscathed escape from the siege of Dragon Fang Venerable and others spread throughout the universe, many powerful beings in the universe learned that another extremely troublesome existence had emerged among the human race.

"Unexpectedly, another cosmic overlord has emerged among the human race, and one with the ability to create clones!"

"Indeed! Venerable One of the Myriad Realms, it seems another formidable being has emerged in this vast universe!"

"Fortunately, there is no conflict between our Misty Alliance and the Hong Alliance. Even if the human race gains a cosmic overlord, it doesn't really affect us much!"

"That's true! But the Demon Alliance, the Insect Alliance, and the Mechanical Alliance are going to have a headache!"

"It's not a headache! With the power of those three super powers, a cosmic overlord with the ability to create clones is nothing to them. At most, it'll just be a little troublesome!"

As the news spread rapidly, many powerful figures within the Hong Alliance who learned of it began to celebrate for Lu Qingshan.

They either went to Lu Qingshan's residence in the real world or visited him directly at his residence in Hongmeng City. Some people who were not very familiar with Lu Qingshan sent him congratulatory emails first.

Seeing that many powerful figures had come to celebrate for him, Lu Qingshan, who had already returned to the human race, simply held a large-scale banquet in Hongmeng City.

Although the number of powerful figures attending this banquet was not as large as the number of those he had hosted in the past, their overall strength was considerably greater.

Because the banquet is held in a virtual universe, it is very convenient for other powerful individuals to attend.

Of the nearly three hundred cosmic overlords in the human race, over 80% have emerged, and there are even more cosmic overlords within the Hong Alliance.

Although the cosmic overlords possess the power to traverse the universe, they sometimes team up to explore its hidden realms.

At this time, a companion with the ability to create clones would be a great help.

Especially since Lu Qingshan now possesses extremely strong survival abilities and the ability to create clones, he is naturally a very good companion for these cosmic overlords, and they are naturally willing to establish some relationship with Lu Qingshan in advance.

And so, during this ten-day banquet, Lu Qingshan once again became familiar with many of the cosmic overlords within Hongmeng City.

After the banquet ended, these powerful figures naturally left one after another, with only those who were close to Lu Qingshan remaining.

"The Venerable One of All Realms!"

After the banquet, Hirodo, an elder of the Golden Horn Clan, once again brought Clements, who had once guided Lu Qingshan, to stand before him: "I didn't expect you to have such amazing strength so quickly. I believe your strength will only grow stronger in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly smiled and said, "Herodo, then I'll take your kind words!"

"Definitely!"

Hirodo smiled again and said, "Venerable One of the Myriad Realms, I previously forged a sacred monument for my Golden Horn Clan. Although it cannot compare to the Chaos Monument of your human race, it still has its merits!"

"Moreover, the sacred stele contains all my insights into the Golden Void Beast God's Way. Although you, Venerable of Myriad Realms, have comprehended the Thunder Time Beast God's Way, you might still find it inspiring if you take a look. If you have some free time, why not visit my Golden Horn Clan!"

"I will!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "Back when I was still a Marquis and Immortal, I went to the territory of the Golden Horn Clan and received a warm welcome from everyone. Elder Clements even gave me some pointers. I will never forget these things!"

"If the Golden Horn Clan needs any help in the future, just let me know. As long as it's within my power, I certainly won't refuse!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, both Herodo and Clements behind him smiled.

They were willing to guide Lu Qingshan when he was still weak, and at the same time, they kept giving him many gifts as he grew stronger. Wasn't it all for this promise?

Moreover, as the cosmic overlord of the human race and the personal disciple of the Ice Peak Lord, Lu Qingshan will definitely be able to wield great power within the Hong Alliance in the future. With Lu Qingshan's protection, the Golden Horn Clan's life within the Hong Alliance will certainly be better.

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

"The Golden Horn tribe is actually facing quite a challenge right now!"

After Herodo and the other left, Venerable Radiant Light quickly walked to Lu Qingshan's side and sighed, "The Golden Horn Clan originally did quite well to thrive in that remote territory. With Herodo, the overlord of the universe, around them, other clans wouldn't underestimate the Golden Horn Clan too much!"

"But later, the Purple Cloud Clan, which was adjacent to the Golden Horn Clan, actually produced a Universe Lord. Unfortunately, the Purple Cloud Clan and the Golden Horn Clan were already at odds. After the Purple Cloud Lord broke through, he naturally went to cause trouble for the Golden Horn Clan!"

"If Herodo hadn't led the Golden Horned Clan to join our human race long ago, and if Herodo himself hadn't been quite strong, then Lord Purple Cloud would probably have wiped out their Golden Horned Clan long ago!"

“Hirodo and the other powerful members of the Golden Horn Clan usually show great respect to the powerful members of our human race. Whenever our human race has any problems, the Golden Horn Clan is always very proactive. If the Golden Horn Clan really encounters trouble in the future, and it is within your power, Junior Brother, you might as well lend them a hand!”

"Senior brother, don't worry!"

After hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "I understand all of this!"

Lu Qingshan has now been at the Universe Venerable realm for over 80 million epochs. Although he is far inferior to other Universe Venerables, he has learned quite a bit about some of the secrets of the universe.

Lu Qingshan was naturally quite aware of the conflict between the Golden Horn Clan and the Purple Cloud Clan.

With his current strength, it's impossible for him to help the Golden Horn Clan offend the Lord of Purple Cloud. However, if he breaks through to the Universe Lord realm in the future, it would be right for him to help the Golden Horn Clan. After all, when he was just a minor Marquis Immortal, the Golden Horn Clan and Clements did indeed help him a lot.

Next, Lu Qingshan chatted with Venerable Yaoguang for a while before Venerable Yaoguang left.

After Venerable Yaoguang left, Lu Qingshan quickly regained his senses and returned to his divine kingdom to take stock of his gains after killing Venerable Longshao and Venerable Baihua in the Purple Snow Secret Realm.

"Break it for me!"

Above the endless divine sea avatar, Lu Qingshan looked at the several precious treasures and world rings in front of him, and quickly sent streams of divine power into these treasures and world rings.

The Dragon Sable Venerable and Hundred Flower Venerable that Lu Qingshan killed this time were both from the lineage of two-headed demon sables with the ability to create clones. Therefore, the world rings and treasures left behind by these two people still belonged to their owners. If he wanted to take them for himself, he would naturally have to break the divine power imprints left by the two people on these treasures and world rings first.

However, since these world rings and treasures were not in front of Venerable Dragon Sable and Venerable Hundred Flowers at this time, even if they bore the divine power imprints of the two of them, it would be relatively easy to break them.

puff!
Lu Qingshan broke through one of the world rings first. Then, with a muffled sound, the space inside the world ring was destroyed. Immediately afterwards, many treasures fell from the sky like celestial maidens scattering flowers, and a large area of ​​open space around was completely occupied.

"These Venerable Hundred Flowers and Venerable Dragon Sable are really poor!"

Looking at the numerous treasures scattered before him, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "All these treasures combined probably don't even amount to ten levels of treasure points!"

"Didn't Venerable Beihai say that they had previously seized a Xiaoxiang Bamboo? Why haven't we seen it? Could it have been sent back to the demon race's territory before?"

This is not surprising.

When the cosmic venerables venture out into the world, they generally do not carry any precious treasures other than protective amulets.

In this way, even if it falls unexpectedly, the losses can be reduced.

Although Venerable Baihua and Venerable Longdiao had obtained some treasures while exploring the secret realm, they had already sent these gains back to the demon race's territory before fighting Lu Qingshan. Therefore, Lu Qingshan naturally couldn't see many precious treasures in the world ring at this time.

However, Lu Qingshan didn't care too much!
Compared to the many treasures within the World Ring, the protective treasures of Venerable Dragon Sable and Venerable Hundred Flowers are undoubtedly the most precious.

Especially the two supreme treasures of Venerable Hundred Flowers, one offensive and one defensive, combined, are probably almost equal to Lu Qingshan's gains over the long years since becoming a Universe Venerable. However, these protective treasures and supreme treasures all bear the divine power imprints of Venerable Dragon Sable and Venerable Hundred Flowers, and unlike the World Ring, they are not easily destroyed. Therefore, Lu Qingshan can only continuously release streams of divine power to penetrate and destroy them.

Fortunately, the divine power imprints left by Venerable Long Diao and Venerable Diao in the treasures were already without a source, so under Lu Qingshan's continuous attack with divine power, the divine power imprints in these treasures eventually collapsed one by one.

"The treasures on Venerable Dragon Sable's body are indeed quite valuable!"

Looking at the treasures that had just been deciphered from the divine power imprint, Lu Qingshan carefully counted them: "A top-tier treasure weapon, a top-tier treasure armor, a common domain-type treasure, and a common treasure for assisting flight. All of them together should be worth around 500 treasure points, which is quite in line with the wealth of a mid-level universe venerable who has the ability to create clones!"

"As for the treasures on Venerable Hundred Flowers' body, they are far more precious!"

Lu Qingshan quickly turned to look at the two treasures left behind by Venerable Baihua after his fall: "Although there are only two, they are both precious treasures that have reached the level of supreme treasures! I don't know much about this supreme treasure armor, but this supreme treasure weapon seems to be even more precious than my Thunderous Radiance Killing Sword!"

"After exchanging for the Purple Lightning Domain, my net worth shrank a lot. Now, with these gains, I'm finally able to recover some of my losses!"

With that in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly took stock of his gains and then headed to the Chaos City of the Initial Universe.

He rushed there so quickly, naturally, to determine the exact value of these treasures and then contribute them to the human race's treasury.

Of course, once the exact value of these treasures is determined, he can also try to sell them to other cosmic beings in the human race who need these treasures, thus obtaining more treasure points.

It would have been fine for Lu Qingshan to do such a thing when he was still relatively weak, but now that he has the strength of a cosmic overlord, there is naturally no need for him to care about such petty gains.

Moreover, contributing treasures to the human race's treasury is actually contributing to the entire human race.

Now that Lu Qingshan has become one of the tallest people in the human race, he naturally has to do what he should do.

And so, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at the Chaos City of the Initial Universe and submitted an application to contribute treasures.

Rumble!
The bronze doors of the side hall inside the city lord's mansion slowly opened, and Lu Qingshan stepped inside. The bronze doors then quickly closed again.

"let's start!"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Qingshan caused the treasures to float in mid-air and then fly towards the stone slab in the center of the side hall.

Then countless cyan rays of light rose up and completely enveloped the treasures.

Before long, the virtual universe system had identified the value of these treasures. Apart from the two supreme treasures of Venerable Hundred Flowers, the value of the other treasures was not much different from what Lu Qingshan had estimated.

Among them, the treasures in the world rings of Venerable Dragon Sable and Venerable Hundred Flowers that can be contributed to the human race's treasury can earn a total of 12 treasure points.
The four treasures on the Dragon Sable Venerable can yield a total of 486 treasure points;
The two treasures on Venerable Hundred Flowers' body were beyond Lu Qingshan's expectations. The treasure weapon was worth 1.8 treasure points, while the treasure armor was even more precious, worth a full 3.6 treasure points.

"The treatment that Venerable Hundred Flowers receives is truly enviable!"

After seeing the value of the two treasures, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but exclaim, "When I broke through to the Universe Venerable realm, Master Ice Peak bestowed upon me four Treasure Points of resources, which is already more than all my senior brothers and sisters combined!"

"But this Venerable Hundred Flowers has such ordinary strength and not very strong talent, yet he was able to obtain such an amazing treasure. It's really too enviable!"

"However, the Lord of Annihilation is a fifth-order universe lord, whose strength is even greater than that of the Lord of Ice Peak. Naturally, he also possesses more wealth. Given his appreciation for Venerable Hundred Flowers, it is quite normal for him to bestow two rather precious treasures upon her!"

"Moreover, now that Venerable Hundred Flowers has perished in my hands, these treasures have also fallen into my possession, so naturally the more precious they are, the better!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but smile.

He has been wandering the universe for over 80 million epochs, and the wealth he has accumulated so far is not as much as what he gained from killing Venerable Hundred Flowers.

"This is truly a case of 'a man cannot get rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot get fat without night grass'!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Just then, a gentle voice rang in Lu Qingshan's ears.

"A common treasure of the domain type, offering it to the clan will grant 153 treasure points. Lu Qingshan, are you willing to offer this treasure to the clan?"

"A common treasure armor can be offered to the clan for 3.6 treasure points. Lu Qingshan, are you willing to offer this treasure to the clan?"

……

Hearing the prompts, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and agreed, "I'm willing!"

Subsequently, all the treasures were collected into the human race's treasury, and Lu Qingshan's wealth increased dramatically once again.

After spending 2.5 Treasure Points to exchange for the Purple Thunder Domain, Lu Qingshan only had 2278 Heavy Treasure Points left.

But after contributing all these treasures, his wealth turned into...

Treasure Points: 6;

Heavy treasure point: 776!

"Unfortunately, we still don't have enough Treasure Points!"

Looking at the wealth in his hand, enough to make many cosmic overlords envious, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh, "If I could exchange it for a high-grade treasure longsword, my strength would definitely be able to improve again!"

"However, this Thunderous Strike Sword is sufficient for me now! As for my life gene level, I can try to increase it a hundredfold!"

In fact, Lu Qingshan's current life gene level has reached fifty times. Even if it were to be increased to one hundred times, it would not significantly improve his strength. Instead, it would consume a large amount of wealth.

If it were any other cosmic venerable being, after acquiring such wealth, their best option would probably be to exchange it for a top-tier treasure such as a flying palace, or a top-tier treasure such as a soul treasure, etc.!

But Lu Qingshan is different!

With the Nine Dragons Overlord Armor protecting him, top-tier treasures like flying palaces are of little use to him.

He is not afraid of ordinary enemies even without flying palace-type treasures, but when facing enemies he cannot stop, such as the Lord of the Universe, even hiding in a top-level flying palace-type treasure is useless!
As for soul-type treasures, although they are life-saving artifacts, ordinary soul-type treasures are sufficient for Lu Qingshan, who has a strong will, so there is no need to exchange them for top-level treasures.

The only thing that matters to him is the improvement of his life's genetic level!
After all, improving one's genetic level not only enhances one's own power burst, but also increases the total amount of divine power.

If a previous universe master was able to annihilate Lu Qingshan's true form in one strike, then once Lu Qingshan's true form raises his life gene level to a hundredfold, then the opponent may not be able to completely annihilate Lu Qingshan in one strike.

This naturally gives Lu Qingshan the opportunity to replenish his energy consumption by splitting his divine body into multiple divine bodies using the Endless Divine Sea clone. At that time, he might be able to hold out until the support of other powerful members of the human race arrives.

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly spent 5.2 Treasure Points to exchange for numerous treasures that would allow his true self to raise his life gene level to the limit of a hundredfold.

　I didn't get home until 5 a.m. this morning, and I managed to doze off for a little while...

　　Some readers have asked why the Dragon Sable Venerable didn't split his divine body and carry a part of it like Lu Qingshan. Well, let's just consider it as the protagonist's cheat ability. Otherwise, it's hard to explain. After all, even the Lord of Sinking Fire, who was killed by the Blood Cloud Palace Master disguised by Luo Feng, didn't cut off a piece of his divine body and carry it with him.

　　Also, the next part of the story will be about the Primordial Star. Time will likely pass significantly in the next chapter, and I need to consider the plot after that. Plus, I haven't been getting enough sleep today, so it might be a little late. Please understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)