Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 304 Long years
After exchanging numerous treasures in the human race's treasury for items that could enhance the level of one's life genes, Lu Qingshan quickly began to use these treasures to improve the level of his own life genes.

However, no unexpected events occurred during this upgrade of his life gene level, and his divine body did not grow at all.

However, Lu Qingshan was not disappointed at all, because the sudden increase in the height of his original divine body to two hundred meters was an unexpected gain, as the divine body usually does not grow larger under normal circumstances.

Lu Qingshan's Divine Kingdom.

Above the endless divine sea avatar, Lu Qingshan quietly sensed the immense divine power contained within the main body.

"A hundredfold increase in the level of life genes!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Unlike Luo Feng in the original story, I am not able to cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, nor have I conceived a special life clone. The hundredfold life gene level must be my limit at the Universe Venerable stage!"

"My life gene level cannot be improved. At the peak of my strength as a Cosmic Venerable, I was probably only comparable to the original form of the Heavenly Eclipse!"

"However, I have the opportunity of the All-Heavens Chat Group, and I can also use the enlightenment enhancement function within the chat group. My future cultivation path should not encounter any bottlenecks, so I should not stay at the Universe Venerable stage for too long!"

"Once I break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, whether it's my divine body or my life genes, I will no longer be restricted by the laws governing the universe!"

"But it's too early to say that now!"

Many thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind: "I haven't even fully comprehended the sixth level of the Path of the Beast God yet. There's still a long way to go before I can break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe!"

Next, Lu Qingshan continued his secluded cultivation.

First, the Endless Divine Sea clone stayed within the Divine Kingdom, cultivating while gaining points through online activities; the second clone also continuously comprehended the Thunder-Time Fusion Law on the Ancestral God Sect's Purple Thorn Island, taking advantage of the sect's unique environment; as for the main body, relying on its powerful strength, it occasionally ventured into the cosmic secret realm.

During this time, some cosmic overlords would occasionally invite him to adventure in the secret realms of the universe. However, Lu Qingshan now possessed many precious treasures such as the Nine Dragons Overlord Armor, so he would carefully consider his own safety before embarking on any adventure.

Although it was unlikely that any powerhouse below the level of a universe lord could cause him fatal harm, Lu Qingshan knew that the universe was unpredictable and would not act rashly. Therefore, he would only venture out with other universe overlords when he felt relatively safe.

And so, time continued to pass.

In the blink of an eye, nearly 10 billion epochs have passed!

……

Virtual universe, atop Thunder Island.

This place is filled with endless chaotic energy, and within this endless chaotic energy stand several incomparably majestic palaces.

These magnificent palaces are all residences of the universe lords belonging to the Virtual Universe Company, and one of them belongs to the Ice Peak Lord.

Inside the palace where the Lord of Ice Peak resides, in a virtual training ground...

At this moment, the training ground has been simulated into a vast starry sky, and in the center of this starry sky, there floats a middle-aged man wearing purple-gold armor with a resolute face. He is none other than Lu Qingshan, the youngest disciple of the Ice Peak Lord.

"Damn you, Suojin, I'm back again!"

With a thought, Lu Qingshan conjured up a terrifying figure in the cosmic sky in front of him. The figure was over 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.

It was none other than the Venerable Lock Gold, a super strong member of the Golden Roar, the royal family of the demon race, who had killed Lu Qingshan in the secret realm of the universe.

Lu Qingshan truly never imagined that the second thousandth opponent set up by the Lord of Ice Peak for him to create the sixth ultimate secret technique would be the Lock Gold Venerable who had once killed him.

It must be said that creating the ultimate secret technique for dominating the universe is an extremely difficult task.

Long ago, Lu Qingshan had already fully comprehended the sixth level of the Path of the Beast God, but he still hadn't been able to create the ultimate secret technique for becoming a cosmic overlord.

Lu Qingshan has been stuck at the final hurdle of the Locked Gold Venerable for hundreds of millions of epochs, but at most he can only suppress the opponent. He is still a short distance away from defeating the opponent.

Of course, this is also why Lu Qingshan has never used the Enlightenment Enhancement function to research his self-created secret techniques.

After all, the time flow in the Swallowed Star World is countless times faster than the time flow in the chat group, so Lu Qingshan's accumulation of points is naturally extremely slow.

Most of these hard-earned points should be used to comprehend the Thunder-Time Fusion Law, and there is absolutely no need to waste them on researching self-created secret techniques.

"Roar!"

With a roar emanating an overwhelming aura, Venerable Suojin immediately produced a long sword radiating endless dark light from his forepaw. Then, Venerable Suojin gripped the long sword and roared swiftly toward Lu Qingshan's location.

"Netherworld Slash!"

Seeing Venerable Suojin roaring and charging towards him, Lu Qingshan was not panicked at all. Instead, he slowly swung the purple-gold longsword in his hand.

The purple-gold longsword in his hand was soon covered with dense purple threads, which then gathered together in the void and quickly revealed a phantom of a strange beast exuding an astonishing aura.

This secret technique is the sixth secret technique created by Lu Qingshan using the complete sixth level of the Beast God's Way.

At this point, although this secret technique has not yet fully entered the ultimate level, it is already considered to be in the middle to upper range among the strongest secret techniques created by many cosmic overlords.

After all, even many cosmic overlords have not created the ultimate secret technique for cosmic overlords, such as Herodo of the Golden Horn Clan, and Lu Qingshan's senior brother, Venerable Yaoguang, etc...

"Roar!!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan unleash his ultimate move, the Venerable Lock Gold, who was roaring in the distant starry sky, quickly swung his long sword and then unleashed the ultimate secret technique of the cosmic overlord that he had created.

"Kill me!"

With a thought, Lu Qingshan transformed the giant beast phantom gathered in front of him into a dazzling sword light, which then blasted towards the river of blades unleashed by the Lock Gold Venerable.

boom!
The dazzling purple sword light quickly collided with the river of blades unleashed by Venerable Suojin. However, the sword light, which did not seem to have much power, quickly destroyed the river of blades after entering it, and then continued to slash towards Venerable Suojin with its remaining power.

When Lu Qingshan first encountered this Venerable Lock Gold, he was always suppressed by him, and was even accidentally killed by him once.

However, as the level of his secret techniques continued to improve, Lu Qingshan gradually became able to match, or even suppress, the Venerable Lock Gold.

And this time...

Wow!

The purple sword light, after shattering the dazzling river of blades, continued its relentless advance, reaching the throat of the Locked Gold Venerable.

Then...

puff!

The terrifying power erupted instantly, and before Venerable Suojin could react, the purple sword light directly beheaded him!

In a real-world battle, as long as Venerable Suojin's divine power is not greatly diminished, even if his head is severed, it will have no impact whatsoever.

But this is in a virtual universe, specifically in a virtual universe training ground at the level of secret techniques!
Therefore, after being beheaded by Lu Qingshan's purple sword light, Venerable Suojin quickly lost his life force.

"Hahaha! More than 300 million epochs have passed, and we have finally killed this Locked Gold Venerable!"

Seeing that the Venerable Lock Gold had completely lost his life force, Lu Qingshan finally smiled. He couldn't help but secretly look forward to it: "I wonder when I will be able to kill that Venerable Lock Gold in reality?"

However, Lu Qingshan only thought about it briefly at this moment!

His ability to kill the Locked Gold Venerable in virtual combat simply proves that he now has a chance to defeat the Locked Gold Venerable under equal conditions (with comparable protective treasures).

The Golden Venerable's divine body is over ten kilometers tall, and with the high-grade treasure armor he wears, he could probably withstand some weaker universe lords for a long time, let alone Lu Qingshan in his current state.

Although Lu Qingshan could use the advantage of his split divine body within his Endless Divine Sea to wage a war of attrition against Venerable Suojin, Venerable Suojin possessed domain-type treasures and flying palace-type treasures. Even if Venerable Suojin wasn't Lu Qingshan's match, he could easily escape from him. Therefore, Lu Qingshan knew very well that he would have to wait until he broke through to the Universe Lord realm to seek revenge against Venerable Suojin.

However, with the chat group and enlightenment enhancement features, Lu Qingshan believed that this day would come soon.

And just then...

As the surrounding space trembled, a figure exuding a cold aura quickly appeared in front of Lu Qingshan. It was none other than his teacher, the Lord of Ice Peak.

Upon seeing the Lord of Ice Peak appear, Lu Qingshan immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Disciple greets Master!"

"Qingshan, you did a great job!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan kill the two-thousandth opponent, Venerable Suojin, the Lord of Ice Peaks revealed a rare smile: "After creating the ultimate secret technique for cosmic overlords, your strength is now among the top of all cosmic overlords of our human race!"

"Among my many disciples, only two people before you created the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord!"

"I know you have an avatar, and you used to often venture into the secret realms of the universe with other powerful individuals. Have you accumulated enough resources to exchange for a high-grade treasure weapon?"

"Reply, teacher!"

Upon hearing the Ice Peak Lord's words, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "The resources I have accumulated are enough to exchange for a high-grade supreme weapon!"

"Then let's go to the clan's treasure vault and exchange for a high-grade treasure weapon!"

The Lord of Ice Peaks quickly nodded and said, "You already have a high-grade treasure armor. If you exchange it for another high-grade treasure weapon, only those top cosmic overlords will be able to surpass you in strength!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

"Qingshan, your ability to create the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord is enough to prove that your talent and comprehension are quite good!"

The Lord of Ice Peaks continued with a smile, "Therefore, I hope you can continue to cultivate diligently without any slackening. Perhaps in this way, our human race will produce a new pillar in the future!"

At this moment, the Lord of Ice Peak undoubtedly valued Lu Qingshan very much.

It should be noted that when he accepted Lu Qingshan as a disciple, he didn't even know if Lu Qingshan would be able to break through to the Universe Venerable realm in the future.

It was only because of the recommendation of his disciple, Venerable Yaoguang, and because he already had some impression of Lu Qingshan, that he casually accepted Lu Qingshan as a disciple.

Later, when Lu Qingshan broke through to the Universe Venerable realm, the Ice Peak Lord finally took this disciple with the ability to create clones seriously, and even bestowed upon Lu Qingshan a fortune greater than that of many other disciples.

But what he never expected was that in just a hundred billion epochs, Lu Qingshan's strength had already surpassed that of most of his disciples, including Venerable Yaoguang, and was enough to rank him among the top fifty in the entire human race.

After all, Lu Qingshan has now created the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord. Among the human race, only the Giant Axe Founder, a dozen or so universe lords, and four top universe overlords surpass him in strength.

As for the other universe overlords who created the ultimate secret techniques of universe overlords, they can only be said to be on par with Lu Qingshan in strength, at most they are just more perfect in terms of protective treasures.

However, Lu Qingshan possesses the ability to create clones, so his speed in acquiring resources in the future will definitely surpass that of those cosmic overlords who do not have clones.

In this way, even if Lu Qingshan's cultivation level no longer breaks through, his overall strength will continue to improve over time.

"This disciple will certainly work hard!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

In fact, at this point, Lu Qingshan was almost ready to comprehend the seventh level of the Path of the Beast God.

However, the seventh level of the Path of the Beast God is different from the first six levels!

Even if Lu Qingshan had not fully comprehended the first six levels of the Path of the Beast God, he could still create a peak secret technique of the same level based on the level of the Path of the Beast God he was currently comprehending, but he would not be able to step into the ultimate level!

However, the seventh level of the Path of the Beast God is the highest achievement in the Path of the Beast God, so it is impossible to create secret techniques based on it before fully comprehending it.

Otherwise, if a supreme secret technique were created based on this, it could probably be called the supreme secret technique of the universe!
Besides, Lu Qingshan had not yet comprehended another bottleneck in the Path of the Beast God, the elusive 'Heart of the Beast God'.

Once he fully comprehends the seventh level of the Path of the Beast God and grasps the Heart of the Beast God, he will be able to break through using the Path of the Beast God and become the supreme ruler of the universe!

"Ok!"

The Lord of Ice Peak nodded slightly, then continued, "Green Mountain, your attack technique has now reached its highest level. Before you break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, I'm afraid you won't be able to make any further progress! What are your plans next?"

"This disciple wishes to further study movement techniques and soul attack methods!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "If I can raise both my movement techniques and soul attack methods to the ultimate level, I believe my strength will also be able to improve further!"

"That's good!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's answer, the Lord of Ice Peak nodded slightly, but then continued, "However, Qingshan, you must understand that most of the powerful beings in the universe possess soul-type treasures, or even supreme treasures, to protect them. Therefore, it is practically impossible for you to use soul attacks to kill an enemy of the same level. At most, you can only affect the opponent's performance!"

"As for movement techniques, they are merely auxiliary means. Although they can enhance your strength to some extent, the improvement is not significant, so you shouldn't have too high expectations for them!"

“Disciple understands!” Lu Qingshan replied quickly.

"Actually, Qingshan, your best option is to continue focusing your energy on comprehending the Path of the Beast God!"

The Lord of Ice Peaks quickly suggested, "I remember that you had already entered the seventh level of the Path of the Beast God more than forty billion epochs ago. Although it is extremely difficult to comprehend the complete Path of the Beast God, I believe that with your talent in the Path of the Beast God, you still have a chance to do it!"

"Once you truly break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, it will be of great significance to both yourself and the entire human race!"

"I will certainly work hard and never let you down, Master!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in agreement again.

"All right!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's reply, the Lord of Ice Peak waved his hand and said, "You may step back now!"

"is teacher!"

Lu Qingshan bowed again and then respectfully withdrew from the palace of the Ice Peak Lord.

……

Inside the majestic palace, the Lord of the Ice Peak gazed into the distance, as if traversing time and space.

Watching Lu Qingshan's departing figure, he couldn't help but think to himself, "I wonder if my disciple will be able to take this final step and successfully enter the realm of the Lord of the Universe?"

Of course, the Lord of Ice Peaks only had some expectations in his heart.

After all, it is extremely difficult to break through from the realm of the Universe Venerable to the realm of the Universe Lord.

In fact, judging from the cultivation process, most of the high-level cosmic venerables and many cosmic overlords of the human race could break through to the realm of cosmic lord at any time.

After all, they have already fully comprehended the three major branches of the superior fundamental laws that they are not good at. Once they merge these three branches together and comprehend the second superior fundamental law, they will be able to enter the realm of the universe master through the Way of Space and Time!
Unfortunately, throughout the long history of humanity, thousands of cosmic beings have been born, but only about twenty have truly taken this final step.

Apart from some of those who have already perished, there are only a dozen or so cosmic lords still alive among the human race at this time!

"but……"

The Lord of Ice Peak thought to himself, "If one of my disciples can really break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, then I will have won back some ground against Senior Brother Darkness!"

　Tomorrow we'll enter the final stage of the Cosmic Venerable arc, and many major events will occur. Actually, these should be written separately, such as the major event of a hundred billion epochs, but the protagonist can't wait that long to break through. So, in the short term, I'll be writing some events from the protagonist's perspective as the Cosmic Venerable.

　　Besides, some people say that the Nine Dragons Overlord Armor is nothing special!
　　My God, Venerable Guiyi is the overlord of the universe, right? If you give him a high-level treasure armor, what do you think he would do for you?
　　Luo Feng's experience cannot be replicated; fan fiction is just that—fan fiction!

　　If Lord Youhou doesn't have many opportunities at the Universe Venerable stage, then even if his race bestows upon him a top-tier treasure weapon upon him after breaking through to the Universe Lord realm, he can only use a high-grade treasure armor for the time being. And this is only because he has the support of a top-tier race like the human race!
　　If a high-level Venerable or an ordinary overlord accidentally breaks through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, how long do you think it would take him to acquire a high-level treasure armor?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)