Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 320 The Development of Territory

After the high-ranking members of the human race finished their discussions, Lu Qingshan, who was staying at his residence on the mainland at the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, soon received an email from the high-ranking members of the human race.

"Is the Supreme Conference being held today?"

Lu Qingshan, who already knew the news from his teacher, the Lord of Ice Peak, was not surprised at all: "It seems that the higher-ups of my human race have reached a conclusion with the higher-ups of the Zerg!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan immediately set off for the location of the highest human race conference.

……

Virtual universe, Mount Pantheon, Temple of Pantheon!

This place is where the strongest members of the human race hold their highest meetings, and it is usually not opened to the public.

Only when a momentous event occurs that affects the fate of the entire human race will powerful figures from various human groups gather here.

Just as Lu Qingshan appeared, many powerful human warriors who had received the news had already gathered here.

"Myriad Realms!"

"Qingshan!"

"The Venerable One of All Realms!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan appear, one after another, the cosmic venerables stepped forward to greet him warmly.

Firstly, Lu Qingshan had become extremely familiar with many cosmic venerables of the human race over the past billions of epochs;

Secondly, it's also because he displayed extremely terrifying strength and achievements after the Primal Star was opened!
It should be noted that there are fewer than three hundred cosmic overlords among the human race today, and some of them have never killed a cosmic overlord.

However, Lu Qingshan has killed several cosmic overlords in less than a hundred years, which is shocking to everyone.
"Senior Brother Zifeng, Guiyi, Ningshuang..."

Lu Qingshan greeted everyone with a smile, "You all arrived quite early!"

"The highest meeting was just held when the Primal Star was activated!"

The Purple Wind Venerable, who was standing to the side, quickly said, "I didn't expect the clan's higher-ups to be holding another summit meeting so soon. I wonder if something big has happened?"

Venerable Zifeng naturally did not want anything major to happen to the human race at this stage, since he had already lent out all his treasures, and taking them back now would undoubtedly yield no benefit.

"I do know a little about that!"

Standing beside Venerable Zifeng, Venerable Guiyi quickly spoke up: "I've heard that a new cosmic territory has been born in the void between the borders of our human race and the Zerg. I suspect that the race's high-level meeting is about this matter!"

"A new cosmic frontier?"

"It seems that our human race is going to continue expanding its territory!"

"Our human race hasn't expanded its territory for a long time, has it? I wonder how many more interstellar nations will emerge this time?"

After hearing what Venerable Guiyi said, the surrounding human universe venerables all sighed in admiration.

……

As time passed, more and more powerful humans gathered on Mount Gods, and soon it was time for the Supreme Council to begin.

Rumble!
A deafening roar filled the heavens and earth!
The clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, revealing the Pantheon suspended in mid-air.

"Strong human beings, gather together!"

As a magnificent sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth, Lu Qingshan and the others vanished from their original positions and reappeared in their respective seats within the Pantheon.

Lu Qingshan was sitting in the seat of a cosmic overlord, where he could see all the cosmic venerables of the human race, including even the top cosmic overlords, but he could not see the cosmic lords of the race.

And on that golden throne, which represents the ruler of the universe, were now filled with figures.

"chaos!"

The Giant Axe Founder, seated at the head of the table, quickly looked at the Chaos City Lord beside him and then calmly said, "This newly opened new territory is the closest to your Virtual Universe Company's headquarters continent, so let a strong member of your Virtual Universe Company lineage take charge of it!"

"As we discussed before, the territory we've opened up this time will be divided into five cosmic kingdoms. Besides having that junior disciple Bingfeng take charge of the overall situation, you should also arrange for four cosmic venerables to go and oversee one of them!"

When the five major human factions build their headquarters continents, they do not build them directly in the center of the human territory, but rather near some important human locations.

For example, the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company is located near the Primal Secret Realm, while the headquarters of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is located near the Glory Secret Realm, and so on...

The newly opened cosmic territory is undoubtedly the closest to the headquarters continent of the Virtual Universe Company. In addition, the Virtual Universe Company lineage and the Giant Axe Arena lineage have the most Universe Venerables among the five major forces. Therefore, the five spots for Universe Ruler naturally fell into the hands of the Virtual Universe Company lineage.

"it is good!"

The Lord of Chaos City nodded slightly and said, "Then let's have Qianwu, Dongji, Chixiao, and Baihong!"

"The four of them are all quite strong, and they all owe their clans a lot of resources. By taking charge of a cosmic kingdom, they can earn some contributions to pay off their debts!"

"no problem!"

The Giant Axe Founder nodded slightly, then spoke again: "The meeting can be convened now, Chaos. You will preside over this Supreme Meeting again!"

Although the Giant Axe Founder is currently the strongest person in the human race, he rarely deals with these trivial matters. Therefore, many things in the human race are left to the Chaos City Lord to handle.

"Yes!" The Lord of Chaos City quickly nodded in response.

……

On the other side, Lu Qingshan was exchanging ideas with several cosmic overlords around him when he suddenly heard the voice of the Chaos City Lord.

"Everyone!"

The Chaos City Lord's voice was incredibly powerful, and it quickly resounded throughout the entire hall: "Every time we convene the Supreme Meeting, it's because a major event that will affect our entire human race is about to occur!"

"The reason this Supreme Conference was convened is because a new cosmic territory has been born in the void between the human race and the Zerg territory, and the human race and the Zerg have reached an agreement that each side will occupy half of the territory!"

"A new cosmic frontier?"

Upon hearing the Chaos City Lord's words, the Universe Venerables, who had previously been unaware of any information, were all startled, and then secretly began to look forward to it.

After all, new territories will inevitably be divided into new cosmic kingdoms, and each cosmic kingdom needs a cosmic venerable to oversee it.

As long as one can govern a region of the universe, it is equivalent to being able to steadily accumulate resources.

Although the pace is not fast, as time goes by, it will certainly be able to accumulate a considerable amount of resources.

"After discussions among the high-ranking members of our human race, it has been decided to establish five new cosmic kingdoms in this newly emerged territory!"

The Lord of Chaos City quickly spoke again, saying, "The rulers of these five cosmic kingdoms will be the Venerable of Myriad Realms, the Venerable of Qianwu, the Venerable of Chixiao, the Venerable of Dongji, and the Venerable of Baihong!"

Upon hearing the Chaos City Lord's words, many of the surrounding Universe Venerables turned their gazes toward Lu Qingshan and his group of five, their eyes filled with envy.

"Qianwu is really lucky!"

"Yes! He fell on the primordial planet and incurred a huge debt. Unexpectedly, the clan entrusted him with the defense of a cosmic kingdom!"

"Bai Hong, Chi Xiao, and Dong Ji are also different?"

"Actually, there's nothing to envy! Those few are stationed in their respective universes, and they spend most of their time within those universes!"

In an instant, many cosmic venerables around them began to discuss the matter telepathically.

"Every time we open up new territory, it is a major event for our entire race!"

The Lord of Chaos City said again, "Next, the clan will call some of your immortal gods to go to the new territory. Except for immortal gods who have important work and tasks, other immortal gods must not refuse this mission without a good reason!"

"Here are the detailed details of this operation; please take a look!"

As soon as the Lord of Chaos finished speaking, a screen immediately appeared in front of Lu Qingshan and the others below, displaying a wealth of detailed information about this operation to open up new clan territories.

Lu Qingshan had already learned about the opening of the clan's territory from his teacher, the Lord of Ice Peak, and even knew that he would become the ruler of a universe. However, he was not clear about the specific details of this operation.

So after the detailed information appeared in front of him, Lu Qingshan naturally started browsing the virtual screen in front of him.

It must be said that the human race, having occupied its current territory, has long been very adept at opening up new cosmic frontiers.

Because this new territory is newly created, it is not necessary to send a large number of cosmic venerables to sweep through it as before. Instead, it is necessary to send a large number of personnel to occupy some key nodes.

Among them, the cosmic venerables responsible for guarding the cosmic kingdoms will choose a region within their respective cosmic kingdoms as their daily place of guard. They will also need to place their own or the tokens of their auxiliary life forms in various regions within their cosmic kingdoms so that they can arrive at the scene to provide support as soon as possible if any situation occurs anywhere within their cosmic kingdoms.

After the Cosmic Sovereign completed the arrangements, numerous immortal gods began leading their families and subordinates into the region, occupying life-bearing planets suitable for human reproduction. Of course, the territory of a cosmic kingdom is vast, and even with many powerful beings mobilized simultaneously, they could only occupy a portion of a star field at most.

As for more life-bearing planets, it will take a long time to discover them.

Moreover, life forms that arise on some habitable planets may not necessarily be human, just like Earth during Luo Feng's time in the original novel...

If the Golden Horned Beast had successfully led its monsters to wipe out humanity, Earth would have become a planet inhabited by a large number of demons.

However, such a planet is located within the territory of human races. If it remains undiscovered, the demon races will naturally be able to grow slowly. But once discovered by human adventurers, they can be dealt with in a very short time.

Just like the Earth in the original work, it was a pastoral planet before it was occupied by Huyan Bo.

In general, it is by no means something that human groups can accomplish overnight to conquer a new territory.

It will certainly take a very long time for these newly created territories to prosper like other territories of the human race.

"Territorial expansion is really troublesome!"

After reading the detailed information, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Indeed, destruction is much easier than construction. When we opened up the extraterritorial battlefield before, all we had to do was sweep through the area and set up many military bases!"

"But now that we're opening up new territories for our tribe, there are just too many things to consider. We have to take care of every aspect!"

"Fortunately, these things can be left to my subordinates. I only need to stay in one place and ensure that no powerful alien races can stop our human race from expanding our cosmic territory!"

"Everyone!"

Just as Lu Qingshan was sighing inwardly, the voice of the Chaos City Lord rang in everyone's ears again: "With the strength of our human race, it is not too difficult to occupy new cosmic territories, but to fully develop these new territories, we cannot do without everyone's support!"

"Your various forces and the races behind you can all send some branches to the new territory to assist in development!"

"I believe that with everyone's support, the new territory will surely prosper in a short time!"

"Alright, everyone go back and get ready!"

The Supreme Conference quickly came to an end amidst the mighty voice of the Chaos City Lord, which was as vast as the ocean.

Rumble…

Once the gates of the Pantheon opened, Lu Qingshan and his companions quickly left with their friends.

Soon after Lu Qingshan left the Mountain of Gods, he received another summons email from the Lord of Chaos City.

When he arrived at the Chaos City Lord's residence, the four people, including the Qianwu Venerable and the Dongji Venerable, had already arrived.

Next, the Lord of Chaos City naturally gave Lu Qingshan and his group of five special instructions, and asked the four members of the Qianwu Venerable Clan to assist Lu Qingshan in guarding the new territory of their clan.

After leaving the Chaos City Lord's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly sent emails to his disciple Hoggs and his third son Lu Hongwen.

……

The virtual universe is a dimensional space that Lu Qingshan was assigned to after becoming a universe venerable.

Within this space lies a vast continent, and at the very center of this continent is the temple where Lu Qingshan resides.

"Your son (disciple) greets Father (Teacher)!"

Upon receiving Lu Qingshan's email, Lu Hongwen and Hoggs quickly appeared at Lu Qingshan's residence and then respectfully greeted him.

"Okay, get up!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand, then looked at Lu Hongwen and asked, "Third brother, how is the family developing now? How many immortal gods do we have?"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen was slightly surprised.

After all, as time went by, the Lu family's power naturally grew larger and larger.

Lu Qingshan was focused on cultivation, and usually only paid attention to some of the more powerful King-level or Marquis-level Immortals in his family.

As for ordinary immortal gods, they have never paid any attention to them!

Although Lu Hongwen was surprised, he quickly and respectfully replied, "Father, there are now 1,306 immortal deities in the family!"

"Among them, there are three immortal kings, including Zi Xuan, Ping An, and Yu Hua; thirty-six immortal marquises (six of whom can barely possess the strength to be an immortal king); and the rest are all immortal military lords!"

"As for Mingrui, he is currently still at the World Lord level, so he is not included in this count!"

"not bad!"

After hearing Lu Hongwen's answer, Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then looked at Hoggs beside him: "Hoggs, how many immortal gods do I have under my command now?"

Because of the previous question, Hoggs quickly replied after hearing Lu Qingshan's words: "Teacher, you currently have a total of three thousand three hundred and five immortal gods under your command!"

"This includes twenty-one immortal kings, one thousand five hundred and sixty immortal marquises, and the rest are immortal military lords!"

Hearing Hoggs's words, Lu Qingshan was quite moved.

Most of the powerful individuals under his command were outstanding geniuses who had emerged from previous genius battles and successfully broke through to become immortals. In terms of overall quality, they were naturally far superior to the immortal gods in his family.

In fact, without the nurturing of the Lu family, it would have been quite good if only ten or so of the more than one thousand immortal gods in the Lu family could have broken through to become immortal gods!

"I called you two here today mainly because I have something to tell you!"

After a moment of reflection, Lu Qingshan quickly spoke up: "A new cosmic territory has been born in the void bordering the territory of our human race and the insectoid race. Now, our human race has decided to establish five new cosmic kingdoms in that region, and I will serve as the ruler of one of them!"

"The reason I called you two here is that I hope you can lead the team with me to open up and develop that new space kingdom!"

"Father, are you going to become the ruler of the universe?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Hongwen, who was standing to the side, was filled with surprise and delight.

It should be noted that after being appointed by Lu Qingshan to manage the family, he had been diligently helping Lu Qingshan manage family affairs for many years.

The Lu family was originally just a small family in the Thunderlight Sea Star Region. Although there were World Lord level experts in each generation, they were insignificant compared to any immortal family.

It wasn't until Lu Qingshan rose to prominence that the Lu family experienced tremendous growth, expanding from the Thunderlight Sea Star Region directly to the Yanfeng Universe Kingdom, and even to other universe kingdoms of the human race.

However, as time went by, the Lu family's development had reached a bottleneck.

After all, each universe has only so many resources. If the Lu family wants to take more, then other powerful families will have to take less.

Although it wouldn't be a problem for the Lu family to be more assertive given Lu Qingshan's current status among the human race, Lu Hongwen was unwilling to do so, as doing so might bring some minor trouble to Lu Qingshan.

Now that Lu Qingshan has become the ruler of a cosmic kingdom, the Lu family has naturally become the royal family of this cosmic kingdom, and will naturally be able to develop rapidly in the newly opened cosmic territory in the future.

"Ok!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then continued, "In the past, during the development of our family, we had many conflicts with the families of other powerful people, especially the family of the Lord of Yanfeng Kingdom!"

"Although the King of Yanfeng spared your lives out of consideration for me, it was still inappropriate!"

"Let's relocate most of the family members to this new cosmic kingdom! As for the territory within the Yanfeng cosmic kingdom, we only need to leave a few Marquis-level Immortals to oversee the overall situation!"

"Your son understands!" Lu Hongwen replied respectfully in a short time.

"Hoggs!"

Lu Qingshan quickly looked at his disciple Hoggs and continued, "For the next period of time, you will lead my immortal gods to assist the third brother in developing the new territory! If their families also want to develop in the new territory, you may bring them along!"

"For the next period of time, the two of you should focus your main efforts on the construction of the new territory. I will also borrow a few experienced experts from other universe rulers to assist you, but the main direction will still be in your hands!"

"Yes, Father (Teacher)!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Hoggs and Lu Hongwen quickly nodded in agreement.

　First: As some readers have mentioned, it's impossible for the two strongest beings in the universe, the demon race, to share territory equally with humans. I wrote about the Mountain-Sitting Guest earlier to give the human race a seemingly troublesome (because of the Mountain-Sitting Guest) but actually an opportunity (Earth). In this way, the demon race could gain an advantage by giving the human race half of their territory. However, after reading the original text again, I realized that the human race probably didn't know about the Mountain-Sitting Guest's transformation of Earth at first, otherwise Earth's secrets might have been exposed long ago.

　　Therefore, some content was changed in the previous chapter. The territory was changed to the border area between the Zerg and human territories, and the plot about the Mountain Dweller was also deleted.

　　Second: The Qianwu Universe Kingdom is located in the core area of ​​the human race. For example, the locations of the headquarters of the five major powers are not all in the central region.

　　Thirdly: There will only be one update today. I've wasted too many brain cells revising the story and thinking about expanding the territory. I'm having a severe writer's block.

　　Fourthly, there will be a new storyline tomorrow. This storyline wasn't very well written, so please leave any suggestions in the comments. I will continue to revise the chapter on territorial expansion later.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)